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Mental Health Support, Books & YouTube Videos

Many thanks to those who helped compile these lists and resources. Leaving Christian Science: The Mental Health Episodes Licensed social worker and former guest Cara returns to answer some questions…
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Posted by The ExCS April 14, 2024
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Resources for former-CS to share with their therapists

Now that you've found a therapist, how do you explain Christian Science? Your experience with Christian Science should be front and center, but we understand how difficult Christian Science can…
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Posted by The ExCS March 17, 2024
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Step-By-Step: Finding a Therapist

How to find a therapist is an evergreen topic among former-Christian Scientists. In the United States, folks can get in touch with their insurance companies or speak to their primary…
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Posted by The ExCS March 10, 2024
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How to tell your medical provider about your CS background

How to tell your medical provider about your CS background is an ever-green topic that comes up for the ex-Christian Science community, so we reached out to our Facebook group…
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Posted by The ExCS February 18, 2024
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Conversations can be very strained when we get together.

The following is a collection of contributions from members of the Ex-Christian Scientist collective about the impact Christian Science has had on relationships.   I definitely relate to the many families who have…
Posted by The ExCS May 27, 2015
Posted inBelieving & Practicing

Do Not Grieve, There is Nothing to Grieve About

The following is a collection of contributions from members of the Ex-Christian Science collective about how death is 'handled' in Christian Science.   I have found Christian Science’s ‘do not grieve, there's nothing to…
Posted by The ExCS May 24, 2015
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I felt I had no right to mourn because my father had just ‘passed away’

By an anonymous Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor.   A year ago I started an Master in Fine Arts program in creative writing. I’d left Christian Science officially two years before. My first…
Posted by The ExCS May 24, 2015
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She was a true believer and wouldn’t have wanted it any other way

By Paul, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor.   My mother died a long, drawn out death from skin cancer that was also very unnecessary because a routine visit to the…
Posted by The ExCS May 24, 2015
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I was/am healthcare proxy for my Christian Scientist parents

By Abigail, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. Abigail is a pseudonym, to ensure anonymity.   I was healthcare proxy for my Christian Scientist dad, and I am healthcare proxy for my…
Posted by The ExCS May 24, 2015
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Ruth’s Story: Turn to Medical Hospice

By an anonymous Ex-Christian Scientist Group contributor. This is the story about my mother’s turn to medical hospice in the final weeks of her life. She is not alive to…
Posted by The ExCS May 20, 2015
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Please Bring Your Testimony to its Healing Conclusion

The following is a collection of contributions from members of the Ex-Christian Science collective about Church and Sunday School.  Do you remember at Wednesday evening testimony meetings when people would ramble on,…
Posted by The ExCS May 17, 2015
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I had given plenty of time for the ‘work’ to ‘work’

By Paul, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor. As a kid, I had serious physical issues that arose from horse-riding accidents, playing sports, as well as dental procedures, etc., that all…
Posted by The ExCS May 17, 2015
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“Oh, don’t worry about it. Everybody does it.”

By Marion, an Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor.   I was 42… over forty years ago now. I was teaching at a university thirty miles from my home, and had four…
Posted by The ExCS May 17, 2015
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There isn’t ANYTHING that Christian Science doesn’t promise

By an anonymous Ex-Christian Scientist Group Contributor.   People like to see things the way they want to see them, and spiritualizing it with a theology called ‘Christian Science’ gives a pseudo-rationale to…
Posted by The ExCS May 17, 2015

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