The testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals have meant much to me, for I have derived comfort and inspiration from the many wonderful healings I have read. I feel that it is time for me to share some of the blessings and beautiful experiences which I have had through the study of Science.
My first healing was that of a nervous breakdown. This condition caused me to be in such a state of fear that I was unable to do the simplest things, which before I had just taken for granted. To cross the street, if there was any traffic at all, filled me with great dread; and passing people on the street frightened me terribly, for I always felt that someone was going to harm me. I was under a doctor's care, and he kept assuring me that nothing was wrong, but that I must stop worrying and being fearful. However, he did not say how this was to be accomplished. My profession was dancing. This necessitated my constant appearance before the public and demanded the utmost poise and self-confidence, both of which deserted me completely. I knew that without them I certainly could not continue in the only profession with which I was familiar.
Many times I felt that I was going insane and might even try to commit suicide, and then I would become more fearful than I was before. I read numerous books and articles on psychology and philosophy in an attempt to find answers to some of life's baffling problems. While I found some of them interesting, none of them helped me.
