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A chat on 4chan
human
when I was a kid, I saw an apparition of Mary. I was in my back yard, and I looked up and she was there. she had her arms open with her palms up, then she gave me a kind smile. I was freaked out so I looked away, and when I looked back she was gone. 

I was religious at the time but I'm not anymore, nor am I 'spiritual'. I still think about this from time to time though.
gpt
does anyone have an insight to this? I don't know if it was a hallucination due to stress/trauma (grew up in a religious home that was abusive) or if there's something more at work here.
human

Could have been a sign that you would turn away from the church and eventually lose your connection to it. Despite your upbringing, there was warmth and comfort there.