He helped ban conversion therapy. Now the Supreme Court could undo it all. - LGBTQ Nation
Patrick McAlvey survived conversion therapy and religious trauma in his youth, eventually finding self-acceptance and building a fulfilling life in Amsterdam after rejecting the harmful beliefs of his conservative Christian upbringing.
Leaving a high-demand religious community dissolves one's interpretive framework, causing profound psychological trauma and pain similar to physical injury.
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Pervasive observation by parents, peers, and technology internalizes surveillance, increasing restraint, self-consciousness, and social anxiety among young people.