religiosity/spirituality
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I`m an atheist as well. I can`t even imagine how it would be to believe in a God in honesty. It is just not who I am. I can imagine religion can be a big relief and a big weight depending how you experience it.
I just try to be a good person to others (and sometimes even to myself).
Someday I hope to have faith in the majority of people, like so many experience faith in a higher being.
I just try to be a good person to others (and sometimes even to myself).
Someday I hope to have faith in the majority of people, like so many experience faith in a higher being.
Lavinialuna
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I am new and with social anxiety I am terrified to reveal too much for fear of being judged, but I think I am finally in a place where people understand, I hope? So please, even if you disagree or think I am weird, be kind.
I am Catholic, but I consider myself a hybrid as my beliefs don't walk hand in hand with church teachings, but I feel more can be done for change from within than without (you don't throw the baby out with the bath water.) I go to mass when I want to and I don't feel guilty if I miss because God loves me and doesn't mind.
As far as the social anxiety and my spirituality, it has become intertwined in a real mess because as I have aged, my spirituality has deepened, as have my emotions. In fact I have spent much time confused and trying to figure out what is going on with me, and I have suspicion that I am an empath (I can feel other people's emotions/vibes). This is a huge part of why I am so uncomfortable around people and why it takes so much out of me. It is difficult because I pick up on their "vibes" and sometimes it makes me sick. Other people feel so positive, those people I find to be easier to be around. Sometimes I will be in a store and sadness will overtake me, and then I leave the building and I am fine. All of the signs point in this direction, however I myself am skeptical of the concept. I am still trying to work it all out for myself, but no matter what you call it, empath or not, it's a freaking difficult way to live and I wish I could make it stop.
I am Catholic, but I consider myself a hybrid as my beliefs don't walk hand in hand with church teachings, but I feel more can be done for change from within than without (you don't throw the baby out with the bath water.) I go to mass when I want to and I don't feel guilty if I miss because God loves me and doesn't mind.
As far as the social anxiety and my spirituality, it has become intertwined in a real mess because as I have aged, my spirituality has deepened, as have my emotions. In fact I have spent much time confused and trying to figure out what is going on with me, and I have suspicion that I am an empath (I can feel other people's emotions/vibes). This is a huge part of why I am so uncomfortable around people and why it takes so much out of me. It is difficult because I pick up on their "vibes" and sometimes it makes me sick. Other people feel so positive, those people I find to be easier to be around. Sometimes I will be in a store and sadness will overtake me, and then I leave the building and I am fine. All of the signs point in this direction, however I myself am skeptical of the concept. I am still trying to work it all out for myself, but no matter what you call it, empath or not, it's a freaking difficult way to live and I wish I could make it stop.
Whoopdeedoo
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My faith in man is whats being tested and ive retreated and avoid them.
Not God.
Not God.
LazyHermitCrab
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I'm not very habitually religious... I go to church for my bfs parents mostly. I don't think it's necessary... like okay going once every two months is good enough. Anyway I feel like trying to talk to God helps especially when I feel out of control in a certain situations. For instance I found something out that I wish I could tell the person involved but it would just end hurting them and I probably shouldn't even know this information. Anyway that night i told God to the best of my ability and it made me more at ease kind of lol 
it's hard to be at ease completely ever so...
it's hard to be at ease completely ever so...
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I'd say it affected me a lot.
My condition has forced me to consider many people's perspective to so better understand my own, and amongst that I came in contact with various people's spirituality/religion/belief. Bouncing back and forth like that made me neutral in the religion matter due to the many possibilities.
While I have to admit I don't really belief that any established doctrines can be one-hundred percent accurate due to historical inaccuracies, and therefore put them on shaky grounds for me, I can't in good concious dismiss them entirely because I, as human being, have a great capacity to be inaccurate in everything I think and deduce.
I feel had I not a need to analyse people, my stance would be more to one side or the other, instead of lingering in the centre. I love and hate it, because it keeps me wondering and on my toes (preventing auto-conclusions).. but can be incredibly confusing at the same time.
My condition has forced me to consider many people's perspective to so better understand my own, and amongst that I came in contact with various people's spirituality/religion/belief. Bouncing back and forth like that made me neutral in the religion matter due to the many possibilities.
While I have to admit I don't really belief that any established doctrines can be one-hundred percent accurate due to historical inaccuracies, and therefore put them on shaky grounds for me, I can't in good concious dismiss them entirely because I, as human being, have a great capacity to be inaccurate in everything I think and deduce.
I feel had I not a need to analyse people, my stance would be more to one side or the other, instead of lingering in the centre. I love and hate it, because it keeps me wondering and on my toes (preventing auto-conclusions).. but can be incredibly confusing at the same time.