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Podcast: You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist
Episode: 95. Transing the Gay Away? Cults, Actual Conversion Therapy, & Dissociation: part 1 with Layton
Description: Today Iām excited to bring you part 1 of a fascinating conversation with Layton, a detransitioner who shares her journey of leaving a religious cult and the subsequent challenges she faced. We delve into her experiences with actual gay conversion therapy, where she was told that her homosexuality was a form of cannibalism and a result of trauma. Layton opens up about the psychological manipulation and shame she endured during this time, and how it laid the groundwork for dissociation and vulnerability to further exploitation.We also explore the aftermath of leaving the cult an...