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conulySomebody posts that they're depressed (well, they don't say that, but that's the conclusion other people came to, so let's run with that), and, on top of it, they feel really guilty for questioning God and they think they're losing their faith and maybe all this bad stuff and depression is a punishment, so they feel even worse....
Now, I do believe that the guilt is the first thing, and the fact that it's tied to religion is the second. But the advice I really *want* to give is that if your religious beliefs are making you feel bad instead of good, you ought to ditch them instead of trying to hang on to them! (Especially if talking about your crisis of faith with your religious leaders nets you a lecture on Satan. Ye Gods, that's totally helpful. Uh-huh.)
Except I'm thinking that won't go over well.
It's good advice, but what's the point when I already have a good idea that it won't be heard and may only make her more upset than she is right now?
Is this how other people live their lives? Thinking before they speak instead of after? It's preventing me from saying a lot of stuff I want to say, but it might be better...? I don't know. I just don't know.
I need to wait a few weeks, try this out, see how it goes.
Now, I do believe that the guilt is the first thing, and the fact that it's tied to religion is the second. But the advice I really *want* to give is that if your religious beliefs are making you feel bad instead of good, you ought to ditch them instead of trying to hang on to them! (Especially if talking about your crisis of faith with your religious leaders nets you a lecture on Satan. Ye Gods, that's totally helpful. Uh-huh.)
Except I'm thinking that won't go over well.
It's good advice, but what's the point when I already have a good idea that it won't be heard and may only make her more upset than she is right now?
Is this how other people live their lives? Thinking before they speak instead of after? It's preventing me from saying a lot of stuff I want to say, but it might be better...? I don't know. I just don't know.
I need to wait a few weeks, try this out, see how it goes.
