Growing Up Before I Was Ready | Arryanah

Arryanah grew up carrying responsibilities no child should ever have to bear.

Born out of wedlock to young parents, she experienced instability, abandonment, and trauma at an age when most kids are just learning how to be kids. She became a caretaker before she could fully speak, witnessed abuse inside her home, and learned survival long before safety.

As she got older, the pain didn’t disappear — it went quiet.

During the COVID years, unexplained medical issues led to countless doctors and misdiagnoses until she was finally told she had an incurable condition. Later, that diagnosis was reversed. What followed was not relief, but the resurfacing of deeply buried childhood trauma, including abuse she had never spoken about until high school.

In the middle of confusion, grief, and unanswered questions, Arryanah chose to seek God — not for easy answers, but for truth, healing, and peace. Through faith, forgiveness, and resilience, she has defied medical limits, healed emotionally and physically, and learned to trust God’s sovereignty over her life.

This episode is a raw and gentle conversation about childhood trauma, chronic illness, forgiveness, and what it looks like to heal without minimizing the pain.

If you grew up too fast…

If you learned to survive instead of being cared for…

This episode is for you.

Your trauma may explain you — but it does not get to define you.

You are chosen to change.

This episode includes discussion of childhood abuse, illness, and trauma. Listener discretion advised.

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