This Is Us
My Lifelong Battle Against Intrusive Thoughts
Confrontations with God, a tollbooth, and the Devil
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11 min readMar 21, 2021
I used to pray a strange prayer:
“Dear God, prune the roots.”
I saw my mind as a magical tree, but I feared it wasn’t mighty enough. What if it’s only a bonsai? I wanted God to go underground, down to the…