William Branham the Neurotic
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Less than a month before he died, William Branham stated:
- I’ve been a neurotic all my life.[1]
What did he mean by that?
What is a neurotic?
According to the WebMD website:
- Neurotic means you’re afflicted by neurosis, a word that has been in use since the 1700s to describe mental, emotional, or physical reactions that are drastic and irrational. At its root, a neurotic behavior is an automatic, unconscious effort to manage deep anxiety.
- In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association removed the term neurosis from its diagnostic manual as part of a revamp to standardize the criteria for mental illnesses. Today, neurosis is not a stand-alone mental condition.
- The line that divides neurotic from normal is the intensity. Neurotic thoughts and behaviors by definition are so extreme that they interfere with your personal, professional, and romantic lives. What’s more, they tend to be your default response to even minor problems.
Footnotes
- ↑ William Branham, 65-1128E - On The Wings Of A Snow-White Dove, para. 137