How did you deal with spiritual abuse?

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1. What is that?

2. My partner is an ex-Jehovah’s Witness. He’s had to do a lot of grieving, and let himself experience those emotions. Therapy is what I would recommend for people dealing with spiritual abuse, as well as distance and firm boundaries to prevent the abuse from occurring.

3. I ignore it. I’m an atheist and have very little empathy or respect for religious types so it simply doesn’t work on me. They can say whatever they want. At most I’ll be amused at how unintelligent they sound.

4. I remind them that their belief is their own and does not affect me or control me in any way.