- Date posted
- 1y ago
Hey everyone!
Ok first off, hey guys. I’m new to this platform. I’m fixating on a religious theme right now and one specific rumination is this idea of repentance or converting. It’s a feeling that’s super duper uncomfortable for me now. It’s been in the back of my mind for awhile and it comes and goes, but I’ve been spiraling for the past couple days trying to avoid it and I’m trying to face the feelings head on. I’m in a Christian household that attends church regularly and is concerned with biblical doctrine but I don’t know if I’m that religious honestly. I resonate with some Christian sentiments but I have my disagreements with the church and I’m kinda open with possibilities about religion and existence. I’m also not straight. Overtime, this dichotomy between my own views and the organized Christianity I’ve grown up with has taken shape in my mind and occasionally I’ll feel pressure to make a black and white choice. This urge has come full force now that I’ve started obsessing about it. I’ll visualize this idea that in order to make sure that I’m completely saved I need to repent and become a bonafide Christian right now or else this feeling will follow and haunt me for the rest of my life if I don’t do it and my heart will be hardened and I’ll be unable to be saved. But no matter how much I think about it, I’ll consider it and then I’ll experience this overwhelming feeling of dread it’s distressing honestly. That’s kind of been the root of my newest ordeal, and I’ve started ruminating about this and questioning what my beliefs should be and now I feel so confused, drained, and tired.