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What stood out the most in this particular episode is the parallel journeys I think you and I have been on. I became an evangelical Christian in 1975 in the midst of serious depression (along with similar feelings discussed after your "trigger warning"), and terrible anxiety, plus the loss of my brother. I was made to feel that my healing and freedom from Satan was all up to me and my own personal faith, and when I didn't get better right away, it was my fault. There was so much to fear (including being hypnotized, etc.) I spent years in that system, preferring certainty to spiritual growth, but eventually allowed my self to question everything and "come back to myself." I too became a psychotherapist and helped people using techniques that would have been deemed off limits by the original churches I attended. I'm free! Loved the episode, Florence and can't wait for more!

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