Dr. Tabatha Barber describes how cancer raised her cortisol levels and worsened her depression, with few online resources to help. When she turned to prayer in desperation, she experienced a spiritual breakthrough that shifted her emotional healing.
"This is actually gonna add to, like, if the cancer comes back or not, this is going to add to your cortisol levels being shot." Or, "This is gonna add to depression or your mental and emotional state." Like, nobody talked about that back then to me. There was nowhere to find it. Again, there was no, like, nobody was Googling anything. There was no Facebook pages back then. And so, I just, thankfully, my relationship with the Lord, like, it was nothing like it has been over the last 20 years. But I was desperate enough one day to just get on my knees and cry out and be like, "God," I need your help. I was never angry at God. I'm just not that girl that's like angry at God. But I was just like, God, I just need you. I need you to help me. I need you to show me. I need a different way. And like, I heard it so clearly, not audible, but I felt it.
