Triumph over spiritual abuse

Years ago I read her book Escape so I was very interested to read this one. I'm always fascinated by the topic of how people move on and recover from spiritual type abuse. This is not written from a Christian perspective, but there were good practical insights and advice. 

This. This is so sad. And it reminded me so much of the world I grew up in. You never heard anything good said about a women. And everything was always her fault. If she would just be more submissive, more modest, discipline her kids more.....She was always wrong. There was no hope for women in that religion. Never mind that men were the leaders, apparently they carried no responsibilities for what went on in the home because none of it was ever their fault.

I was raised to never look a man in the face/eyes because it was unsubmissive, immodest.....I still struggle with doing this. Or have a hard time believing a man would want to talk to me, or care about what I think. Yes, I'm socially awkward. Yes, I have scars.