After checking in, a patient approached me and asked who my psychiatrist was. When I told her she said, “Oh he’s the best. All of his patients get well.” Somewhat comforted by her confidence, I settled in for my first night in the hospital. Remember my greatest fear and the main reason for my anxiety? I believed that I had committed the unpardonable sin, thinking I would be separated from God forever. As I lay in the darkened room with unfamiliar surroundings, all I could hear that night were the
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