Identity Reconstruction

Rebuilding your sense of self after leaving a rigid or controlling belief system

• You start exploring who you are outside the roles religion assigned to you.

• You create new practices or beliefs that reflect your true values, not the ones imposed on you.

Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)

• A sense of freedom may coexist with fear as external rules are replaced with self-guided choices.

• Multiple identities may be explored before finding clarity.

• Imposter syndrome or self-doubt may arise in forming a new identity.