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From Hot Mess To Therapist
- Britt Frank recounts being a "hot mess" in her 20s, including addiction, an eating disorder, depression, and joining a cult.
- She used those experiences to pivot into therapy and trauma work after wanting to survive and understand herself.
Cults Offered Escape And Belonging
- Britt Frank describes joining a benign cult to avoid pain and responsibility in her 20s and following strict rules for belonging.
- She explains cult life gave illusion of family and bypassed confronting her inner pain until it failed her.
Symptoms Often Reflect Survival
- Mental health symptoms are often bodily responses, not illnesses, because brains evolved to survive.
- Recognizing symptoms as survival responses reframes change as possible rather than fixed pathology.