Dr. Peter Breggin Hour 3-18-26

Our hour conversation with Adam Johnson was one of the most moving in memory.  Ginger cried. She covered it over pretty well, and you’ll have to listen carefully to the third segment to catch it. Adam Johnson is a Christian, a working man, a husband, a father of five children, and a powerful writer on Substack.  We were drawn to him by an intriguing essay titled I set fire to my school when I was thirteen, and his more recent follow-up article Where Is God? We open the show talking about sexual abuse he endured at the hands of a health professional when he was thirteen, but which he only recently recalled. He makes an informed plea for parents to be more aware of protecting their children from being groomed by predators masquerading on children’s platforms as friends. Adam emphasizes that it’s not just the stranger at the park who presents a danger to our children, but that our screens bring predators right into our homes and our children’s bedrooms, where we are our children’s last line of defense. The last segment of the show shifts to examining “the dark night of the soul,” which results from inevitable human torments stemming from childhood and mortality itself. Share with us this sobering, educational, and moving hour. An hour after we prerecorded this show, our guest published another article we have to share titled “I’ve been in that bed before”, through which we are reminded to reach out to someone, to speak, especially in the darkest times when we feel the most alone. I set fire to my school when I was thirteen