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healing • life after loss f◡̈ck cancer
I starred at her for hours every day, for three months...trying to bury the memories in my bones to always be part of me. #griefjourney #momsoftiktok #traumaresponse #momsover30 #childloss
This story of someone’s first temple experience captures the freeze and fawn responses in action: “Before the session begins, one of the male temple workers says something like, ‘If you do not want to take upon these covenants, please stand up and leave.’ I was shocked. Everything inside of me wanted to run. How could I agree to stay without knowing what I was agreeing to? It was like signing a nondisclosure agreement before getting to read it. I was 18. I was too scared of what they’d do or say if I left, so I sat there like the good little Mormon girl, feeling my body scream from the inside… but no one could hear it except me.” This is just one of countless stories I’ve heard. The high-control nature of Mormonism often creates moments like this, where fear and uncertainty push people into survival responses like: •Freeze: Feeling paralyzed and unable to move or act, even though your body is screaming to get away. •Fawn: Suppressing your own needs and feelings to comply or avoid potential conflict or consequences. These responses are how the nervous system tries to protect you in situations that feel unsafe or overwhelming. #religioustrauma #traumaresponse #mormonism
