Does faith/religion play a major part of your life as someone with BP? Good/bad experiences?
I will try and be brief with my story. I was introduced into a Pentecostal Church around age 12 (fire and brimstone, speaking in tongues, dancing in the isles...no snakes

). Completely freaked me out especially when I was going through a depressive episode. I was basically taught all sinners are gonna die and go to hell, well I am screwed. The only saving grace for me in the experience is when I was suicidal, I did not want to go to hell so that thought kept me from acting on my thoughts.
Years later I moved to a Baptist Church (very level, mild, taught the word of God instead of the fire and brimstone). Made much more sense to me. Did a great deal of therapy with the Pastors wife who is an LCSW and she really put things into perspective and reversed a lot of the views I had developed from my childhood experiences in the Pentecostal Church.
Just curious about others experiences.
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