Peer Pressure

i'm not at all, i always feel like i'm the only one in the twilight zone, so i always do things myself

I used to give in to some things when I was younger. But now I'm able to take a stronger stand and not give in as easily.

And I can say my growing relationship with Christ has been a huge part of that...because my faith wasn't as strong when I would give in to the peer pressure. But now with my stronger faith, I don't have that peer pressure problem anymore.

I try to keep myself out of situations where I think I would have a problem. I had some problems in highschool with peer pressure....but now that I live on my own, I realize I have to take responsibility for my own actions, there's no one to ground me for doing something bad, so I just try to avoid those situations at all costs, (whether that be drinking, dancing dirty, flirting with other guys).

We're all suckers for something.
Getting ourselves to admit that is the trick.
Since I'm close to a lot of the younger people here I try to think how they would feel if the saw me do (insert vice here). When I was younger a lot of the people I looked up to turned out to be fakes, crooks, and what not.
I'm by no means perfect, but I don't ever want to let someone down like that. I don't ever want to make one of the younger ones feel like that. I really like beer. Nice imported beer. I haven't had a drink in a good 2 years now. I'd feel fake coming here if I did. I'm way over 21 so there's nothing wrong with it. I know there's nothing special about me. I know that it is a privilege to know the great kids here. The least I can do for the kids that I love is try to be something real for them and not another used-car-salesman-for-Jesus.
Wow. I don't know where that came from.

I used to be.... alot during high-school, but nowadays not so much. I don't really care what people tihnk of me if i don't conform to what they want!!
I have fun without drinking that much, smoking etc!!

because i have friends from many different walks of life, peer pressure does get to me. however, i try very hard to keep myself pure and not give in. it's not always easy, and sometimes i do fall, but it's become less of a problem then it has been.

The way I see it is this. Assuming we're talking about not so good stuff like underage drinking, or getting drunk, etc.
If the peers are just peers and not fellow christians, then we should probably think hard before we just follow their lead.
If they are brothers and sisters in Christ, then we need to confront them on what they're doing and not just follow them.
Again that's assuming we're talking about peer pressure to do the wrong thing. If we're talking about what clothes to wear etc, then it's not so extreme, though we are warned against being a friend to the world.
-Hanaya

I think I've handled peer pressure well over my high school years, but I think by not smoking and drinking and things like that I've been the source of many jokes and teasing and stuff. But hey, who cares. Most of this stuff was before I was a Christian, but now with God beside me I'm starting to help others through Youth Ministry to handle their peer pressure.

Try hard not to fall into it. Your friends should understand that if you told them you're a Christian and would much better not like to get involved with any rotten things.

I don't drink or smoke, never have, but the peer pressure is definitely there. I think my biggest problem is my foul mouth. I went to a Christian college, most of my friends I met at church, so up to that point it wasn't a problem. It was when I had to work with non-Christians that the problems arose. While I make more of an effort than my co-workers to control myself, and occasional "F-bomb" gets dropped. Getting this out of my life is proving to be much harder than I would've imagined, all because I allowed it in willingly a few years ago!

At my school it seems as though everyone belongs in a group and depending on that group they all do the same thing...I have never belonged to any group and therefor have made myself stand out among the crowds...I am a leader on our campus and do not follow the crowd...I have never been pressured into doing anything that I did not want, or already think about doing...I have always stood for something...and I agree with the quote "If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything.

Jess

I'm not susceptible to much of anything. Mostly I decided why I'm going to do something, when I'm going to do it, and how. I've never cared about anyone else's opinion when it came to doing things. If I do something wrong, I do it because I want to....my mother knew this so I always (always) always was the one to get in trouble. I never could use the excuse "well mom I was curious and Johnny/Sue said this and I wanted to try it so...." It just didnt work that way with me.