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Good evening, it's Dr. Gluckenstein. Well, my name's Mandy, and I'm not technically a doctor, but that's the username I use for most websites. I would like to become a doctor one day, though...
Anyways, I'm a Christian, and I usually go to a large Baptist church here in my city, and, although it's not my favorite, it's where my family goes, and where I've gone since I was a baby. I had some issues when I was 18, and left under the advice of my ex-boyfriend (I mean, entirely left church, not just that one, and essentially abandoned my faith for the most part). Yeah, I wasn't praying, reading the Bible or practicing abstinence before marriage or anything like that, regrettably, until one day I realized how much I hated it, and seemed like I was only doing it to make him happy. Then, I began the walk back into faith, trying to learn more about it all than I did before, mostly on my own choice, but also because I began to experience strange things I couldn't explain without using faith-based reasoning and the metaphysical/supernatural (and I also went back this time by my decision, and not because my parents wanted me to go, although they were happy that I chose to).
I'm 24 and live in Florida, and I'm currently in college, studying speech pathology, but I may switch to theology before I get too far in. I've had some pretty disastrous things happen in my life over the years, and they have caused a great deal of trauma, and I'm honestly very burned out, tired, lonely, broken-hearted, hurt, and mostly alone and really just would like a community of trustworthy people to be able to talk to and possibly find some deeper connections in. I'm honestly struggling quite a bit to keep my sanity in this world right now, and can't seem to find any people around me physically who I feel I can talk to or trust besides maybe a few people, who also have problems of their own that need a lot of attention. I'm so sorry to turn this into a sob story. There's probably a good reason why God is putting me through all this. Anyways, hello.
Anyways, I'm a Christian, and I usually go to a large Baptist church here in my city, and, although it's not my favorite, it's where my family goes, and where I've gone since I was a baby. I had some issues when I was 18, and left under the advice of my ex-boyfriend (I mean, entirely left church, not just that one, and essentially abandoned my faith for the most part). Yeah, I wasn't praying, reading the Bible or practicing abstinence before marriage or anything like that, regrettably, until one day I realized how much I hated it, and seemed like I was only doing it to make him happy. Then, I began the walk back into faith, trying to learn more about it all than I did before, mostly on my own choice, but also because I began to experience strange things I couldn't explain without using faith-based reasoning and the metaphysical/supernatural (and I also went back this time by my decision, and not because my parents wanted me to go, although they were happy that I chose to).
I'm 24 and live in Florida, and I'm currently in college, studying speech pathology, but I may switch to theology before I get too far in. I've had some pretty disastrous things happen in my life over the years, and they have caused a great deal of trauma, and I'm honestly very burned out, tired, lonely, broken-hearted, hurt, and mostly alone and really just would like a community of trustworthy people to be able to talk to and possibly find some deeper connections in. I'm honestly struggling quite a bit to keep my sanity in this world right now, and can't seem to find any people around me physically who I feel I can talk to or trust besides maybe a few people, who also have problems of their own that need a lot of attention. I'm so sorry to turn this into a sob story. There's probably a good reason why God is putting me through all this. Anyways, hello.
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