Surviving Deconversion

Surviving Deconversion

May 2026

The Chronological Index
Layout of Essays
 • Trevor Gibbons
Metaphysical Kangaroo Care
From neonatal medicine to the building of an evangelical fortress, an exploration of nervous system survival amidst childhood chaos, the loss of faith…
 • Trevor Gibbons
14. Alley of the Divine
How cleaning a trash filled alleyway broke the grip of nihilism and opened a path to finding allies in the real world
 • Trevor Gibbons
13. Approaching the Event Horizon
How leaving the gravity of religion doesn't prepare you for navigating the dangers of the void.
 • Trevor Gibbons
12. Leaving the Orbit
An Explosive Truth, a Broken Network, and Leaving the Sun Behind
 • Trevor Gibbons
11. A Cleansing Flood
Corporate Panic, Childhood Moves, and the Final Bible Study
 • Trevor Gibbons
10. An Emotional Shockwave
How the biological reality of emotional healing began to crack the foundation of my fifteen-year theology.
 • Trevor Gibbons
9. The Death of Hope
Facing the physical loss of my father and the permanent collapse of an old childhood hope.
 • Trevor Gibbons
8. He's a Good, Good Father....
How the fierce intimacy of parenthood began to stress my theological framework to its limits.
 • Trevor Gibbons
7. The King Can Bleed
The cracks in the impenetrable fortress and the first shock to the system.
 • Trevor Gibbons
6. A Vulnerable Psyche
Building a literalist vault to insulate a wounded child from a chaotic world.
 • Trevor Gibbons
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