When I learned the language around my mental illness in my 30s, I started analyzing my childhood and my teen years so I could try to reframe some of my experiences with the understanding of my anxiety and my depression.
I have never been Catholic (though I had Catholic friends) and I am also an atheist who ALSO had this exact same thought process. When things get to be too much there is a part of me that goes, "Hey, wouldn't it be nice to be a nun?"
I have never been Catholic (though I had Catholic friends) and I am also an atheist who ALSO had this exact same thought process. When things get to be too much there is a part of me that goes, "Hey, wouldn't it be nice to be a nun?"
The Atheist Who Wanted to Be a Nun would be a great title for your memoir! :)
The Atheist Who Wanted to Be a Nun would be a great title for your memoir! :)