Hi everyone, my name is Alecia, I am 35 years old and live in the Netherlands. I used to work as a psychologist until I got my first serious psychotic episode in 2022, right after I decided to leave the occult side of spirituality and commit myself to Christ and following Him. Luckily I didnt get scared of christianity, if anything it showed me the truth about the battle between good and evil spiritual forces. With time I left my new age thinking behind me more and more and at some point I came across the eastern orthodox faith. At first this was a great battle for me, I had a lot of assumptions about the church that I am grateful did not succeed in pulling me away from orthodoxy. I was committed to find out more about the church that goes back to the beginning of christianity, the church that apparently was blessed to have maintained the living faith for all those years. In april 2025 I became orthodox after going to the church for about a year. I find my faith was deepened greatly by the orthodox teachings and am greatful for finding the path back to God. By Gods grace I hope to continue to fight for what is good and to grow step by step. The past two and a half years I have been working as a house cleaner for the elderly. I am very grateful for the fact that I am doing a physical job, it is very grounding and calming for my mind. My hobbies are wood burning (I mean drawing on the wood with a very hot "pen"), drawing and painting, I love being creative. Walking in nature, learning new things, spending time with friends and family. I am very grateful to have found Roberts youtube channel and through it this starting community. Curious to see what the community will grow into and where all this will lead to!