Spiritual Bypassing Explained: When Faith Replaces Emotional Processing скачать в хорошем качестве

Spiritual Bypassing Explained: When Faith Replaces Emotional Processing

Spiritual bypassing isn’t about having faith, believing in something bigger, or using spiritual practices like prayer, meditation, or psychedelics. It’s what happens when spirituality becomes a way to avoid emotional pain instead of processing it. In this video, I break down what spiritual bypassing actually is, how it shows up in everyday language, and why it can quietly interfere with healing, grief, trauma recovery, and nervous-system regulation. You’ll hear examples like: • “Everything happens for a reason” used to shut down grief • Forgiveness without ever allowing anger or hurt • “Choosing peace” as a way to avoid boundaries or conflict • Spiritual explanations that skip over the body and the emotions • Insight or transcendence without integration The key distinction is simple but important: Does a belief or practice help you stay present with difficult emotions, or does it help you avoid them? Healthy spirituality can support healing. Bypassing happens when meaning, faith, or transcendence replaces the work of feeling, integrating, and staying with what hurts. This video is not anti-spiritual. It’s trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware, and grounded in psychological research around emotional processing and integration. If you’ve ever felt pressured to “rise above” pain before you were ready, this conversation is for you.