depression
Unashamed ExCS
Content warning: rape. A former Principia student describes a date rape, being made to stop antidepressants, an overdose with no medical attention, and being barred from campus.
Chrystal's Story: New Beliefs
A former Christian Scientist, now a Quaker, describes rebuilding her beliefs, raising her sons with doctors and vaccines, and recovering through therapy.
Chrystal's Story: The Year I Left Christian Science
Chrystal describes the year of leaving Christian Science: her father’s death, grief counseling, joining a Quaker meeting, and finding other former Christian Scientists.
Chrystal's Story: My Second Lump (Part 2)
Chrystal describes a decade of praying and paying practitioners over a growing lump, the guilt after having it removed by a doctor, and a short first try at Quaker meetings.
Chrystal's Story: The Last Straw - Part 2
Part 2: a former Christian Scientist describes the Sunday School disputes and unwelcoming branch churches that ended her involvement, and the burnout after.
Chrystal's Story: The Last Straw - Part 1
Chrystal, a fourth-generation Christian Scientist, describes the church conflict over an Easter egg hunt that led to resigning from a first branch church.
Chrystal's Story: On Recycling and Medicine
A former Christian Scientist describes ideas being rejected at two branch churches, from recycling to events, and members refusing to admit two young women who took medicine.
I have lost about ten friends from Principia...
A former Principia College student recalls losing about ten friends, including trip-mates lost to suicide and measles, and thinks reluctance to seek medical care plays a part.