William Branham described his struggle with mental health throughout his career as an evangelist. According to Branham, he suffered from the condition all of his life, and frequently went to doctors for examination, and that he was diagnosed as "neurotic".
Psychneurosis, a general classification of several functional mental disorders involving chronic distress, is no longer a term used by the psychiatric community. In today's world of mental health, the specific classification is favored over a general classification of "neurotic". In Branham's life span, however, this was a term used, and it was apparently used by William Branham's medical practitioner.
I've been a neurotic all my life. As a little boy there was something struck me, that scare me, about every seven years it would happen to me. Brother Jack remembers when I first started, come off the field for a year; something just happened.
Branham, William. 1965, Nov 28. On The Wings Of A Snow White Dove
Over time, Branham's diagnosis became integrated into his Stage Persona. Branham frequently taught his listeners that prophets were "neurotics", as well as any spiritual person. When Branham introduced his adaptation of Clarence Larkin's Church Age Theology, Branham began teaching that his "age" was a "neurotic age". As the Stage Persona transitioned to deity claims, Branham began to claim that every "divine" person was called a "neurotic" by others.
https://william-branham.org/site/topics/struggle_with_mental_health
Psychneurosis, a general classification of several functional mental disorders involving chronic distress, is no longer a term used by the psychiatric community. In today's world of mental health, the specific classification is favored over a general classification of "neurotic". In Branham's life span, however, this was a term used, and it was apparently used by William Branham's medical practitioner.
I've been a neurotic all my life. As a little boy there was something struck me, that scare me, about every seven years it would happen to me. Brother Jack remembers when I first started, come off the field for a year; something just happened.
Branham, William. 1965, Nov 28. On The Wings Of A Snow White Dove
Over time, Branham's diagnosis became integrated into his Stage Persona. Branham frequently taught his listeners that prophets were "neurotics", as well as any spiritual person. When Branham introduced his adaptation of Clarence Larkin's Church Age Theology, Branham began teaching that his "age" was a "neurotic age". As the Stage Persona transitioned to deity claims, Branham began to claim that every "divine" person was called a "neurotic" by others.
https://william-branham.org/site/topics/struggle_with_mental_health
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