If Anxiety Is A Sin, My Amygdala Is Going to Burn In Hell

Why do so many Christians struggle to understand that the brain is an organ that can malfunction like all the rest of them? When any other organ gives us trouble, we have no problem believing that illness is at play. When it comes to issues involving the brain, however, many Christians are quick to believe (and loudly proclaim) the issue is spiritual. We'd never tell a diabetic that their wacko insulin levels are a sin, so why do we tell people that their out-of-whack brain circuitry is a sin? On this episode of Survivor Sanctuary, we're tackling this very harmful belief that still rears its ugly head in Christianity: that anxiety is always and only an issue of sin. This faulty belief effects the abused disproportionately, since survivors are far more likely to struggle with anxiety. If the church wants to be effective in helping survivors heal from abuse, anxiety needs to be understood for what it actually is.