John Wesley Wilson PsyD, Psychologist & Author

11/01/2025

Have you ever hidden part of yourself just to be accepted—
by others, by God, or even by you?

For most of my life, I thought obedience meant erasure.
 That to be loved by God, I had to become someone else.

I spent years performing faith, 
burying the truth that refused to die—
the truth that I was gay.

And when truth and faith finally collided,
something in me broke—
but what broke wasn’t me.

It was the lie.

Because when the false self falls away,
truth finally breathes.

And on the other side of that breaking
 is freedom—
freedom to be whole, 
to live without a mask, 
to finally belong to yourself.

✨ My new book, Straight to Hell, is the story of that breaking—
and the healing that followed.

10/16/2025

Reader reflections like this remind me why I wrote such a raw and vulnerable memoir.

Haven't read it yet?

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10/14/2025

Many of you have asked if I have recordings from my years as an Evangelical pastor.

I do.

This one-minute clip is from a live radio broadcast on Sunday morning, April 4, 1997, less than a year before Terry’s death.

You can hear the faith of a man clinging to the belief that if he stayed faithful, God would "change his nature" and make him straight.

But while I preached hope to others, I was quietly drowning in my own despair.

I share this not in mockery, but in reverence for the desperate faith that once held me together before it finally tore me apart.

As a psychologist now, I often tell clients that yes—people can change. But real change isn’t about erasing who we are; it’s about understanding, integrating, and healing.

09/26/2025

🌟 Welcome, friends and readers!

Many of you are arriving here after learning that my Author Page was stolen, and I couldn't get it back.

I’m so grateful you’ve found your way here.

This is now the official place to follow my writing, book updates, and upcoming events about my memoir, Straight to Hell. I'll post reflections from my psychologist practice, as well.

Thank you for sticking with me—you’re part of the story, and I’m glad you’re here.

-John Wesley Wilson

09/05/2025

05/10/2025

"You must develop the ability to be disliked in order to free yourself from the prison of other people's opinions."

- Mark Manson

04/09/2025

Yep.