Comment on How to stop a parent from jumping into the nearest religious rabbit-hole to cope with a divorce?
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Spirituality is healthy when it isn’t exclusionary. Unfortunately it so often manifests that way.
Dont quote scripture at them. Approaching an emotional challenge with a logical solution is never well received. The other side just assumes you don’t understand them.
It what context are they lecturing? Is it due to people they’re directly interacting with or social media?
velummortis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
I can tell they want emotional support through all this and usually that’s really easy to help them through because all I need to do is sit and listen to them go through the grief while giving input if they ask and stuff but when they suddenly lurch into the Repent Session it’s like a completely different conversation is happening.
Any interaction, real-life or social media could trigger it. Like if they see a testimony of someone’s divorce story on tiktok, or if they got bad service at a restaurant, and especially when dealing with the legal process and settlement. And most of all when the televangelists are on TV or social media.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
You may want to deflect with a simple “I’m not going to judge someone for doing their best” or something similar