The Women of Evangelicalism Part 4: When Your Brain Is Not The Same

In this episode, Em sits down with her good friend Missa about what it's like living with neurodivergence in a belief system that rarely admits there even is such a thing. From the roots of ADHD, to the stereotypes of the 80's and 90's, to the stigma around mental illness and seeking mental health care outside of the church- they discuss the many ways in which evangelicalism negatively impacts diagnosis and treatment and the obstacles they've faced as women in that belief system when they are clearly not neurotypical. Guest Info: https://twitter.com/HaarstadMissa Links mentioned in this episode: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/timeline.html https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17630858/ https://cripcamp.com/   The Life She Wrote https://linktr.ee/thelifeshewrote   Credits: Original music by R. Scott Okamoto rscottokamoto.com

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Purpose. Hope. Justice. For all those harmed in white evangelical spaces. Emily is a blogger who has been writing about faith deconstruction and religious trauma related topics for 3 years. As someone who grew up inside white evangelicalism (of the charismatic Pentecostal variety) and didn't leave until she was 35 years old, she's done everything from children's ministry, to church administrative work, to leading small groups and ministries, to church finance, to writing small group curriculum. Now she advocates for those who've been abused by those same church systems and doctrine.