Trauma in Religion

Personal Sovereignty

Overall Story

The seven thematic questionnaires established a structured record of the ideas, expectations and boundaries that entered your understanding.

Overall Story is different. It does not ask you to complete another score or another fixed set of Yes/No questions. These prompts give you room to decide what matters, what belongs together, where the story begins, what changed, and what another person most needs to understand.

You do not have to make the story neat or complete. If a section is uncertain, unfinished or something you do not want to answer now, that can be recorded without the system filling the gap for you.

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Story prompt 1

Looking across what you have recorded so far, what part of the story feels like the right place to begin?

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Story prompt 2

What did you learn about what you had to do, believe, hide, accept or become in order to be safe, good, accepted or included?

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Story prompt 3

What did you notice that did not fit what you had been told, and what questions did that create for you?

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Story prompt 4

What were the important moments when you began to question, resist, refuse, leave or think differently?

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Story prompt 5

What happened when you questioned, resisted, spoke about what was happening, sought help, or did not behave as expected?

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Story prompt 6

How did your understanding change as you grew older, met different people, encountered other explanations, or gained access to evidence?

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Story prompt 7

What later-life experiences or encounters with relationships, institutions, health, work, justice or other systems do you believe belong in the same story, and why?

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Story prompt 8

What do you most want another person to understand about your story now, and what remains uncertain, unfinished, difficult to place, or important to revisit?

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