The Narrative Arc traditionally follows a simple structure:

Setting the context (place, time, etc.)
The initial happy stage
The crisis
The struggle, hence involving an “enemy”
The resolution
The final happy stage that is different from the initial one

In this case, the story would unfold this way:

I was a respected member of the church. I had a job as the church youth worker, I was a respected Sunday worship leader and was living with the Vicar’s family. I was considered a “rising star” of our community. All until the day my dark secret was uncovered.

I was having a same-sex relationship with another member of my congregation, and we had been found out by a senior leader in the church. My whole world was turned upside down.

Due to the fear of losing the community I was part of; I agreed for months to attend therapy sessions. I experienced exorcisms and went on retreats to “healing” camps with other LGBTQ+ Christians, arranged by the church, and spent hours of my day in private prayers of repentance.

Eventually, despite months of isolation and abuse I was no further forward in being “healed” of my homosexuality so I left. I got a place at university and used my student loans to rent a house. I cut ties almost overnight with everyone from the church, joined the LGBTQ+ student society and started rebuilding my life.

It has taken me over a decade to heal. Part of that process has been to recognise that what I went through was conversion practice and to allow myself to accept that I was a victim.