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Susanna
I was crying from relief, not fear.
Susanna, a pseudonym, describes a first panic attack at 28 and the relief of a doctor explaining it as anxiety and offering help, including therapy and medication.
The Field was Full Well-Meaning Ignorance and Greedy Quackery
A former Christian Scientist considers the 19th-century medical world around Mary Baker Eddy’s followers, and why the faith declined as medicine advanced.
If you would just pray about it…
A former Christian Scientist describes how her upbringing taught her to hide illness and feel shame about her body, and how she now listens to it and takes care of herself.