Hello. I joined the forum a little while ago, but I'm never really sure how one starts out in a new forum, so I put off introducing myself. Having finally decided that inspiration is not going to come and I'm not going to figure out a clever, witty way to introduce myself, I'll just dive in.
I'm a woman in my late twenties. I was raised by two atheists, although my mom was more than willing to take me to church if I wanted to go. I was sexually abused as a child and suffer from, among other things, post-traumatic stress disorder, recurrent depression, and anxiety. If pushed, I self-describe as an atheist, although I do engage in some private religious ritual (mainly praying), probably because I find it to be greatly beneficial to my mental health. I've spent most of my life struggling with my feelings about and how I relate to religion. I've been to many churches over the years, and as of yet I haven't found one that I've stuck with. I am currently exploring various Christian denominations but I don't really feel like I have a good mechanism for doing so, which is (I suppose) why I'm joining this forum.
This may all be too much information, or perhaps the wrong type of information, but it's what I wrote, so . . . hello again! I look forward to interacting with this forum.
I'm a woman in my late twenties. I was raised by two atheists, although my mom was more than willing to take me to church if I wanted to go. I was sexually abused as a child and suffer from, among other things, post-traumatic stress disorder, recurrent depression, and anxiety. If pushed, I self-describe as an atheist, although I do engage in some private religious ritual (mainly praying), probably because I find it to be greatly beneficial to my mental health. I've spent most of my life struggling with my feelings about and how I relate to religion. I've been to many churches over the years, and as of yet I haven't found one that I've stuck with. I am currently exploring various Christian denominations but I don't really feel like I have a good mechanism for doing so, which is (I suppose) why I'm joining this forum.
This may all be too much information, or perhaps the wrong type of information, but it's what I wrote, so . . . hello again! I look forward to interacting with this forum.
