From Conversion Camp to "I'm good people": Adam's Undoing of Shame

TW: Conversion therapy, domestic violence, sexual assault of a minor, spiritual warfare, and cult dynamics.Adam (he/him) revisits his journey from Independent/Southern Baptist upbringing to agnostic spiritualist. He shares early church memories alongside the trauma that shattered his safety there. Adam recounts being outed twice, pushed into conversion therapy, and scapegoated during a year-long missions program. Finally living openly and four years of therapy reframed worthiness, love, and consent. Today, Adam’s “healing weave” blends boundaries, community, nature time, tarot/astrology, and a firm refusal of manipulation.