Hanging by a Thread: Katherine's Story

Loose Threads Podcast · Sep 12, 2026 · 1h 4m

Katherine is the guest for this episode. She opens by challenging the idea that becoming a Christian makes mental health and neurodevelopmental struggles disappear, using her own experience with autism as an example. She explains what autism is in accessible terms and recommends a few YouTube channels for people who want to learn more. From there she shares her childhood: growing up with two abusive parents, surviving sex trafficking at the hands of her father, and losing both parents by age 14. She walks through her early experience of faith at age five, her years of nominal Christianity…