"He touched me at the end of the conversation and I must have froze or jumped or something because he asked if he had hurt me"
I'm wondering if you've ever been diagnosed "tactile defensive." That may be an explanation why everything seems to hurt so much, including the gentle touch of a priest.
<font color=blue>"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt" --Shakespeare</font color=blue>
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Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.