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I was raised Catholic and had this issue a lot in my teen years when I began having sex. I felt that I was disgusting and that I needed to repent for days and days afterwards
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@marsi I’m in the exact same situation now
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I’ll be honest the only thing that helped was stepping away from religion. Not in a hateful way, but to explore my values and what aligned with me. I love religion and think it is an incredible thing, but often times it can be misconstrued and hurtful to those trying to follow. Which was never the original intention. Give yourself space to find what works for you and your value s
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I’ve started to do something similar. I haven’t stepped away from religion formally but I’ve given up on confession for the time being. I always end up feeling worse about myself afterwards and that is so not the intention of the sacrament. I’m giving myself permission to “sin” whether it’s “venial” or “mortal” (obviously I’m not killing anyone or robbing banks lol). I believe God knows my heart and if doing something, even if the church is against it, helps me overcome my ocd, I think he’d be ok with that.
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Proud of you. That’s a huge step!!
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For me I threw out the whole religion idea. I follow Jesus and God and belive in Jesus but I know that Jesus died on the cross for my sins so I don’t have to be perfect, not that sinning is ok but I know that Jesus forgives me so you need to forgive yourself. I feel really bad about sinning also and I believe you should but there comes to a point where that crosses over to becoming an obsession wich is mine. Jesus forgives so get over it, learn from it and move on.
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