Tolerated Not Wanted: Finding God in the Aftermath of Childhood Trauma

Have you experienced teasing or bullying that caused you social and emotional pain?

Have you felt depressed or anxious as a result of your experience?

Do you find yourself desperately wanting to feel better?

This is an uplifting and true story about a little girl who was born looking different from everyone around her. In this book, she describes how her rare skin disease affected her socially, emotionally and spiritually. She talks about what it was like to be teased and how she coped with the feelings that accompanied her experiences. As a result of some unhealthy coping skills and some very skewed views of herself and God, she became overwhelmed with depression and anxiety. She looked in all the wrong places for many years until she finally realized that her only hope is to look UP.

This book provides the reader with a very practical roadmap to winning more battles than you lose. The author offers hope as she lays out an easy to read plan for how and why readers can pursue healing through:

• Church attendance •. Small group bible studies

• Embracing scripture •. Changing negative beliefs

• Fighting back • Counseling and Medication

The author tells her story in a very raw, candid manner that will inspire readers to pursue healing for their own pain and take back control of their daily emotional and spiritual lives.