u/axiosjackson

I've been seeing a psychiatrist and therapist for several years, but I am just not seeing the results I am looking for. I have anxiety and depression. My current psychiatrist has not really tested me for anything at all. I just described my symptoms and they put me on meds. Eventually I would like to come off the meds if possible, as they dampen both the good and bad times. In therapy sometimes I feel as if I am the one providing the therapy.

In addition to the general symptoms of depression and anxiety, I more specifically deal with health anxiety, religious trauma, professional burnout, parental estrangement, mood swings, overeating, and biting hands.

I would prefer someone who is located in the Hoover/Pelham area.

Ref: https://answersingenesis.org/is-the-bible-true/jesus-believed-every-event-of-the-old-testament/

Preface: My wife and I have spent a lot of time and energy deconstructing our Evangelical upbringing. We've both, especially after Trump, been shifting increasingly to the left politically. At this point I think we would consider ourselves progressive Christians and have been exploring “mainline” churches near us.

Q: I think for my wife, one of her major hangups is the fact that Jesus references the Old Testament figures and passages that we now know from a scientific perspective are simply not true in the literal historical sense. Personally, I've dealt with this by finding different senses in which these stories are “true” in a deeper sense than a record of events. So when I read the parts where Jesus is referencing these things, he also isn't necessarily trying to be literal but is speaking to a people at a specific time and place. I am also of the opinion that Jesus being 100% God AND human means he must not have been omniscient. This is something I've worked on longer than her. But also, unlike me, she was homeschooled and taught apologetics. How do some of you deal with or handle this topic? I want to help her work through this by giving her some outside perspectives.

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