- Nation Wide Crisis Support - Call or text Lifeline at 988
- Text HOME to 741741 for texting crisis support
- The Trevor Project Crisis Support (LGBTQ+): call 1-866-488-7386 Or Text 'START' to 678-678 https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
- Trans Lifeline: peer support - Trans Lifeline is run by and for trans people. US (877) 565-8860 https://translifeline.org/
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
- Postpartum Depression - Talk to a Mom who's been there: 1-800-773-6667 (1-800-PPDMOMS)
- National Hopeline Network: 1-800-442-4673
- For Veterans - Visit https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/get-help/chat for online chat support Or contact the Lifeline Number listed above and press 1. Vet2Vet Veteran's Crisis Hotline, 1-877-838-2838 (1-877-VET-2-VET)
Resources
Crisis Hotlines/Services:
Religious Trauma Recovery Resources:
Some of my favorite book resources I find myself often recommending:
- You are your own by Jamie Lee Finch
- Pure by Linda Kay Klien
- Come as you are by Emily Nagoski
Around the topic of Purity Culture and Sex:
- Leaving the Fold by Dr. Marlene Winell
- When Religion Hurts You by Dr. Laura Anderson
- Divorcing Religion by Janice Selbie
- Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil of Mormon Mind Control By Luna Lindsey
- You Lied to Me About God by Dr. Jamie Marich
- Hell is a World Without You By Jason Kirk
- Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young
- Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
- Star Spangled Jesus by April Ajoy
- A Well Trained Wife by Tia Levings
- The Woman They Wanted by Shannon Harris
- Educated by Tara Westover
General Religious Trauma Focus - Mix of Self Help and Memoir:
- Polysecure by Jessica Fern (even for those in monogamous relationships I find this to be a great book to work on attachment)
- Secure Love by Julie Menanno and Julie Menanno’s Podcast Secure Love.
- US by Terry Real
- Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy (great for parenting and reparenting yourself even if you don’t have children) - Dr. Becky also has a podcast called Good Inside.
- Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD
For relationships and attachment work:
- Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker
- No Bad Parts by Dr. Richard Schwartz
- Dissociation Made Simple by Dr. Jamie Marich
- My Grandmothers Hands by Resmaa Menakem
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
- What My Bones Know (memoir) by Stephanie Foo
- Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine
For Trauma and Dissociation: