Leaving A Cult At 18: How Queer Support Services Saved My Life
Growing up in a controlling religious cult, our hero was told who to be and how to feel. At 18, after their family’s reaction to their non-binary identity escalated from verbal abuse to physical threats, they left home with almost nothing. In this episode of Pride in Stories, they share the concrete steps that kept […]
Trauma Doesn’t Always Announce Itself
Dissociation and trauma can persist silently for decades without dramatic incidents. Karl Germann spent 20 years numb and disconnected, unaware he was experiencing complex trauma rooted in emotional distance from his family. Only in the last two years, after leaving corporate work and reclaiming his authenticity, did he begin to understand what had been broken […]