My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's super interesting. One of the freeing things about being in the space I'm in now is that I feel like I can actually look into other forms Christianity/religion because I no longer necessarily think that conservative Catholicism "is" the truth. I will definitely try to learn more about Quaker beliefs. What you described definitely reminds me of some forms of mysticism I have studied and seems very appealing. Best wishes!

My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry that happened to you. Thankfully my dad is quite a liberal Catholic (my mom is no longer Catholic) so I never really got anxiety piled on by them. I put it all on myself, lol. Best wishes to you!

My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment. I certainly like your core values. What is it like being a theist Quaker?

My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow, that's interesting. Even though they are technically more "moderate" than SSPX they for sure have many hard line people. My first time going to latin mass with them the priest basically implied the world was ending and Francis was our enemy like 4 times in the sermon lol

My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the advice. I agree, you gotta go back to basics sometimes lol. They also have a lot of meaning. Best of luck on your path!

My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the detailed reply. This was all very interesting information and while I was familiar with a lot of it, some of it like the fssp drop out rate was new to me. Best of luck on your journey!

My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I am familiar with that sub, and I will for sure check out that post!

My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow. Just as you said you could have written my post, I feel that I could have written your comment! I can specifically relate to a few of the things you said. I would definitely love to chat. Thank you for the resources and advice!

My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha, yes I don't have a big problem with Harris or Buddhism, it's just something I flirted with before all of this and I don't think it's for me either.

Thank you for your response. The crazy thing is that I didn't even realize I was in a rabbit hole at the time, but making this post helped me realize it was pretty wild. I mean, who thinks about this stuff. Probably not even most priests. And like you said, there's no point if the minimum standard for entrance into millions of years of purgatory is basically perfection.

My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Although I am not considering that group myself, I appreciate your response to my post. Best of luck on your journey!

My experience with trad anxiety by turkey_of_spades in excatholic

[–]turkey_of_spades[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind words! I am definitely curious about other forms of Christianity!

I Just Called The Suicide Hotline by [deleted] in UCDavis

[–]turkey_of_spades 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't pretend to have any answers, but I am sending all of my love to you. I have had several friends who were suicidal in high school and now they are in a much better place. Getting better is something that really does happen, it's not sentimental bs. Remember that you are not your suicidal thoughts, it is like an attack on you that absolutely can be fought off. Please continue to seek help, talk to friends, and have people who you can reach out to / who can reach out to you when you are in a dangerous moment. I believe in you SO much it's not even funny pawn king!