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@tinyrainboot
I was thinking this morning about how much of a negative impact being raised catholic had on me, and I remembered this meme I saved 3 years ago. being told that god is watching everything you do instilled so much anxiety and fear into me as a small child. it led to obsessive compulsive behaviors — like I had to pray every night (every prayer I knew) before I went to sleep because I thought if I didn’t, some abstract “bad” thing would happen. or when my mom was away, I believed I had to pray or she might get in a car accident on the way home. I would say hail marys 40, 50 times before I went on any trip even though I didn’t necessarily believe in it, it was just that I had to do this ritual in order to feel like everything would be ok. I’m trying to move away from a lot of the fear that was instilled and perpetuated within me and look at god and divinity in a different way, not as a punishing force but one of love and joy.
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this is so interesting because I didn’t know that applies to Christians outside of the middle-east. Like I always wondered why my mom was asking us to pray before a plane took off, or wen getting in a car, and telling us that if we lie god will strangle us in our sleep lol 🥲 I can relate it really brings anxiety. Because it feels like if u don’t do it something bad will happen to u. I don’t think religion should guilt trip ppl
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@tinyrainboot
yeah, i think for most people it's not that extreme, but i had really bad anxiety as a kid and i totally went overboard. my mom wasn't even that into praying or anything so i must have picked this up from sunday school or something. i'm not sure tbh
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