Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome

[n. pohst-truh-mat-ik church sin-drohm]

1. A condition of spiritual injury that occurs as a result of religion, faith, and/or the leaving, losing, or breaking thereof.

2. The vile, noxious, icky, and otherwise foul aftermath of said spiritual injury.

3. A serious term intended to aid serious spiritual healing—without taking itself too seriously in the process.

See Also: Post-Traumatic Religion Syndrome.

Abbr.: PTCS, PTRS, #PTCS, #PTRS.

Not to be confused with a mental disorder or medical diagnosis. This author is not a doctor, nor does she play one on the written page.

Origin: Back of a bar napkin,^I 2002.

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I. May or may not have been transcribed in blue eyeliner.