I Hid My Secret for Years and Did Conversion Therapy. The Truth Set Me Free
Andy Beshear saying it "has no basis in medicine or science, and it has been shown to increase rates of suicide and depression." A study found conversion therapy is also economically destructive, costing the United States more than $9 billion a year.All it did for me was make me suicidal again.
I began sleeping with a shotgun in my hand, thinking that if trauma and self-hatred overtook my brain and I couldn't bear to live anymore, I'd end it.But seeing how miserable I was making everyone else around me, especially my wife and daughters, I knew I had to do something else.
It was time to accept myself. So I came out.Breaking up our marriage was painful, and to this day I appreciate and respect my ex-wife.
My daughters were shocked but old enough to understand and soon came to accept me.I was also afraid of the impact that coming out might have on my career.
