I Learned About The Devil So I Could Watch Horror Movies: Part 1
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Content Disclaimer: *TW: This essay contains examples and experiences of spiritual abuse* This essay was first published on my Patreon September 2022. Stay tuned for Part 2. I was forced to watch the movie,The Exorcist, by my bio dad after getting into fight with him and my bio mom. In their minds, I was being a defiant and hard to manage teen and needed to be scared shitless by the possibility that the devil could possess me if I continued behaving in a way they deemed to be unacceptable. I watched the movie and that night I crawled into bed with my sister, so scared that I couldn’t fall asleep without holding her hand. I was fourteen.
I Learned About The Devil So I Could Watch Horror Movies: Part 1
I Learned About The Devil So I Could Watch…
I Learned About The Devil So I Could Watch Horror Movies: Part 1
Content Disclaimer: *TW: This essay contains examples and experiences of spiritual abuse* This essay was first published on my Patreon September 2022. Stay tuned for Part 2. I was forced to watch the movie,The Exorcist, by my bio dad after getting into fight with him and my bio mom. In their minds, I was being a defiant and hard to manage teen and needed to be scared shitless by the possibility that the devil could possess me if I continued behaving in a way they deemed to be unacceptable. I watched the movie and that night I crawled into bed with my sister, so scared that I couldn’t fall asleep without holding her hand. I was fourteen.