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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Welcome to Unhinged: Separating Faith from Fiction!
02:14 Suppressing Emotions: “You Just Need to Have Faith”
03:45 Spiritual Bypassing: When Faith Becomes Emotional Avoidance
05:19 Why Acknowledging Your Emotions Is Part of Healing
06:23 Dual Attention: Processing Trauma Without Denying Reality
08:17 When Spiritual Bypassing Leaves You Feeling Invisible
10:22 “Feelings Aren’t Facts” — But Your Feelings Still Matter
11:59 The “Impassibility” of God: Is God Emotionless?
12:47 Embodied Faith: Jesus Had Real Human Emotions
13:44 Emotional Regulation vs. Emotional Suppression
15:04 God Can Handle Your Negative Emotions
17:21 Separation Theology: Are We Really Separate From God?
19:53 Have You Gone Too Far for God?
20:25 Christian Separation Anxiety & Emotional Safety
21:54 “I Feel a Hole in My Heart” — Separation Theology & Emptiness
24:02 Evangelical Dualism: “We’re Sinful, God Is Holy”
25:02 The “Great Chasm” & the Toxic Foundation of Separation
26:18 How Separation Theology Affects the Nervous System
27:38 The One Theme Connecting It All: SAFETY
32:04 Curiosity vs. Judgment: A Path Toward Healing
36:00 Why the Holy Spirit Has to Feel Safe
36:21 A Therapist’s Surprising Response to a Panic Attack
39:08 Why “We’re More Than Conquerors” Can Become Spiritual Bypassing
41:36 Wrap-Up & Prayer
