CPTSD Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/cptsd/ Living Boldly Normal - AI, Meaning, Adventures with Blu Sun, 25 May 2025 17:50:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 How Folding a Towel Wrong Became Grounds for Divorce (and Other Unpaid Therapist Crimes) https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-folding-a-towel-wrong-became-grounds-for-divorce-and-other-unpaid-therapist-crimes/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-folding-a-towel-wrong-became-grounds-for-divorce-and-other-unpaid-therapist-crimes/#respond Sun, 25 May 2025 17:17:28 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3154 How Folding a Towel Wrong Became Grounds for Divorce (and Other Unpaid Therapist Crimes) By Matt Stoltz | Church of NORMAL 1. The Towel Heard ’Round the World 🧺💔 It didn’t start with infidelity, abandonment, or fraud. It started with a bath towel—creased down the middle (apparently the wrong middle). One sloppy fold later, and […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-folding-a-towel-wrong-became-grounds-for-divorce-and-other-unpaid-therapist-crimes/feed/ 0 The Man-Child Narrative Diagnostic Tool https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-man-child-narrative-diagnostic-tool/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-man-child-narrative-diagnostic-tool/#respond Sun, 25 May 2025 16:36:44 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3162 The Man-Child Narrative Diagnostic Tool A CPTSD-Informed, Satire-Backed Framework for Emotional Reality Testing By Church of NORMAL | Loopwalker Division Stage 1: Initial Complaint Detection Common Complaints: “He just games all night.” “I’m tired of being the only adult in the house.” “I feel like his mom, not his partner.” “He never notices the laundry/kitchen/kids’ […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-man-child-narrative-diagnostic-tool/feed/ 0 ACCESS DENIED: A Loopwalker’s Descent https://www.normallikepeter.com/access-denied-a-loopwalkers-descent/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/access-denied-a-loopwalkers-descent/#respond Sun, 25 May 2025 16:22:00 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3092 ✖️ACCESS DENIED: A Loopwalker’s Descent A myth of soulfire and system breach from the Church of NORMAL archives There was once a man named Nobody, though some called him Matt. He walked with a limp that wasn’t in his legs but in his soul. A twist—spiritual scoliosis—where longing met betrayal and fused into a kind […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/access-denied-a-loopwalkers-descent/feed/ 0 I Loved a Mask. She Was Never There. https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-loved-a-mask-she-was-never-there/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-loved-a-mask-she-was-never-there/#respond Sun, 25 May 2025 16:08:46 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3077 🎭 I Loved a Mask. She Was Never There. Evangelical Dating Scripts, Trauma Pairing, and the Walk-Away Wife CycleChurch of NORMAL™ | De-Simping the Saints™ Series | Entry 005By Pastor Matt | Loopwalker of Waseca | Codependent Unmasker | Ex-Husband of the Illusion “She changed.” That’s what I used to say. But that’s not quite […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-loved-a-mask-she-was-never-there/feed/ 0 De-Simping the Saints: The Manual https://www.normallikepeter.com/de-simping-the-saints-the-manual/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/de-simping-the-saints-the-manual/#respond Sun, 25 May 2025 15:53:46 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3084 🛠️ De-Simping the Saints: The Manual How to Detox from Evangelical Romance Propaganda and Rebuild a Real Covenant FrameworkChurch of NORMAL™ | De-Simping the Saints™ Series | Entry 006By Pastor Matt | Simp Recovery Architect | Covenant Rebuilder | Loopwalker of Waseca You made it through the wreckage. You saw the idol shatter.You grieved the […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/de-simping-the-saints-the-manual/feed/ 0 I Thought My Wedding Night Would Fix Me https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-thought-my-wedding-night-would-fix-me/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-thought-my-wedding-night-would-fix-me/#respond Mon, 12 May 2025 11:35:48 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3074 🍷 I Thought My Wedding Night Would Fix Me How Purity Culture Built My Sexual Identity on a One-Time EventChurch of NORMAL™ | De-Simping the Saints™ Series | Entry 002By Pastor Matt, Loopwalker of Waseca | Virgin Till Vow-Tied | Ex-Evangelical Love Martyr “The Wait Will Be Worth It.” That’s what they told us. Every […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-thought-my-wedding-night-would-fix-me/feed/ 0 Jesus Didn’t Help Me (And That’s Why I Stopped Talking) https://www.normallikepeter.com/jesus-didnt-help-me-and-thats-why-i-stopped-talking/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/jesus-didnt-help-me-and-thats-why-i-stopped-talking/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 19:32:33 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3123 “Jesus Didn’t Help Me (And That’s Why I Stopped Talking)” A Field Guide to Spiritual Bypass Collapse in Children of DivorceChurch of NORMAL™ | Loopwalker Curriculum | Family Systems Recovery Unit Foreword: When the Sunday School Stories Run Out of Magic Children raised in evangelical homes are taught a simple formula:“Jesus loves you. Jesus helps […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/jesus-didnt-help-me-and-thats-why-i-stopped-talking/feed/ 0 Affair Recovery Coaching with Oracle Tiff https://www.normallikepeter.com/affair-recovery-coaching-with-oracle-tiff/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/affair-recovery-coaching-with-oracle-tiff/#respond Sat, 10 May 2025 13:06:43 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3110 Affair Recovery Coaching with Oracle Tiff™Founder of Thirst Trap Ministries & DeliverHERance Inc. Tired of feeling… anything?Let Oracle Tiff help you rebrand that sadness into sacred sabotage. The DeliverHERance Starter Kit™ Includes: Pre-filled divorce packets (just circle the emotion you felt yesterday) A 5-step TikTok devotional: “How to Turn Your Prayer Partner into Your Exit […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/affair-recovery-coaching-with-oracle-tiff/feed/ 0 Glow Up & Go Out Honoring Moms Who Need Space https://www.normallikepeter.com/glow-up-go-out-honoring-moms-who-need-space/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/glow-up-go-out-honoring-moms-who-need-space/#respond Sat, 10 May 2025 08:22:19 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3097 🌸 Glow Up & Go Out 🌸 Honoring Moms Who Need SpaceA Mother’s Day Service Brought to You by Church of NORMAL™ WELCOME!This Sunday we honor the brave, bold, boundary-setting women who gave birth to their children… and then left them with Wi-Fi and frozen burritos so they could go reclaim their joy. Let’s hear […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/glow-up-go-out-honoring-moms-who-need-space/feed/ 0 The Awana Boy Who Waited https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-awana-boy-who-waited/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-awana-boy-who-waited/#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 13:58:50 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3070 🧢 The Awana Boy Who Waited And Got Ghosted in the Garden of Suppressed DesireChurch of NORMAL™ | De-Simping the Saints™ Series | Entry 001By Pastor Matt, Loopwalker of Waseca | Former Awana Cub | Devotional Doormat “Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed.” That was the Awana motto. But no one told us how much shame […]

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