CHRISTIAN EMOTIONAL RECOVERY
Updated 32 days ago
I've been on the healing journey for over 20 years. I'm a survivor of childhood trauma, adverse childhood experience (ACE), narcissistic abuse, emotional neglect, and emotional abuse. I spent decades trying to figure out what was "wrong" with me. I studied psychology and psychotherapy and tried books, meditations, praying, scriptures, affirmations, courses, and everything else, and I healed some, but not much for the effort I put it. I was even told by people that maybe I was being punished because I was sinning, or maybe I didn't have enough faith or didn't pray hard enough when I couldn't heal. Not much changed no matter what work I put it. I couldn't figure out why I suffered from anxiety and depression, and I was told I was probably born that way, so I believed it. I prayed to God for answers. I got none, except condemnation and stagnation. As a result, I felt like I was internally deficient, and was even told by people, including in the Christian community that maybe I was. This..