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i would love to tell you everything from past to present. right now i don't even know where to start. i guess i should start when i was born.
when i was born, i knew i was different i didn't have that many people in my life. when i was born, nobody even knew that iw as born for it has been rumored that i was so quiet that nobody noticed me. i guess that foreshadowed my loneliness and solitude for the most part of my life. so when i entered pre-school i went there for two days and i learned so much. then my daycare teachers didn't like me. they told me that i was defecating, urinating, and not potty trained. they told me that i didn't wear socks and made complaints. then i got transferred to nicer daycare teachers. when i went into kindergarten, my teacher didn't like me. others laughed at my drawings. everyone was calling me shy saying that i was not talkative enough. i knew nobody cared about me. if they did, i would not be here today. then in first grade, i had a teacher who was super mean there were so many times i could tell you. i witnessed her torturing other students one girl was sobbing and she threatened to have her thrown down the stairs if she didn't stop crying. one time when i talked a lot she told me to shut up. then in second grade, i was making fun of other kids but i was being malicious. i was just teasing like everyone else. people didn't like it. instead, they took offense and treated me as if i were some evil entity who was tormenting them the whole time. they hated me, resented me, and looked at me with contempt. my teacher once sent me out into the hall because i got in trouble for doing something. whenever others did something to me, there was always a good reason for their doing. it's usually my fault. it wasn't always my fault. then in third grade, this is the worst year ever. i hated it.this mean teacher..on the first day of school, she yelled at me when i was looking absentminded, when i was staring into outer space. she yelled write your name! and then she turned to the other kids and said,"Did I scare him?" with a huge smile on her face. the other kids laughed as well. one time she called me crazy. she told others not to talk to me, especially this one kid who was talking to me that i was stupid, crazy, all kinds of bad stuff. one time she had me pulled aside for laughing too loud. we were in the theater that day and this lady was entertaining us. so what i did was laugh out loud and then she had me pulled aside and i had to sit next to her. i hated her. there's much more. then one day she patted me on the shoulder and then i took that opportunity to inform on her so that i could get out of her class. she also yelled at me every time i got an assignment wrong. i told the principal that she had hit me. really she didn't. i got transferred to another class right next door. the teacher was friends with her. whenever someone picked on me, she would not care. when i did it to others it was not okay. she had me sent down to the principal's office and had me suspended the next day. i was like this woman is definitely helping her friend out to get back at me for what i told the principal. then in fourth grade, i had this teacher who also wanted me out of her class on the first day. i just so happened to mention another teacher, fourth grade teacher's name, and she asked me if i wanted to be in her class. i said no. seriously she got mad so easily. i didn't make friends in there. often when i laughed loudly others were getting on my case. then i try to justify myself by saying that others laughed too. they didn't even talk to me. i guess they felt like picking on me. people ganged up on me and all kinds of stuff. in fifth grade i had the worst teacher ever. i didn't like him in the first place. i didn't like him at all. i heard rumors about him that he was a bad teacher. it was true. he messed around with people's hair, pushed a girl with his behind, and yelled at me constantly. i guess he found out that i was transferring out because his mother worked in the front office, the attendance office, and she probably told him that i wanted to transfer out. i got into conflicts with other kids that i didn't like because i thought to myself that i deserved better and that i didn't belong in this class. truth is, i still feel that way. i didn't belong in that class and i didn't want to be friends with them. i wanted nothing to do with them. i earned it by being mean to everyone else. then i started middle school. i didn't like it either. the school was filled with some kids who called me chino for Chinese. you make me sound like i'm a foreigner or something. i was very upset with them. by the way, all the teachers and kids that i had to deal with were mostly Asians. that's why i hate them. one kid told me i was a disgrace in eighth grade and things like that. if my own race doesn't accept me, who will? so yeah in middle school i didn't have a lot of friends. the first year i did the same like i did in fifth grade, didn't want to be at that school, treated people badly, but this time i thought well this school isn't as bad so i decided to befriend them but it was too late because i already earned myself some bad karma. others hated me. you reap what you sow. and that i did. so i began to be nice to others in middle school. some kids who weren't aware of how i had treated others were all like you're very nice, i don't see why others would prejudge you. truth is, you don't know me as well as you did. but i changed and yet those guys didn't care for the new me. they were so hard-hearted. then i moved on from there. i grew depressed and i had to see a therapist about my struggles. i first began going to church officially on sundays. i wasn't perfect. every now and then i would say some perverse things, that of a sexual nature. i wasn't fully converted. i was still living my old life after the sinner's prayer was said. then shortly after i began to go through internet images, nude images.. in eighth grade i began to know some of the kids at church. some of the kids were mean and pretty judgmental. some told me they didn't want me there, and others never reached out to me. truth is i went there just to get out of my depression. i never dreamed of becoming a follower of Christ. at times i am still confused. if i am a Christian, then why is it taking so long for me to get over this hate and resentment and all this mental garbage. so yeah i moved to another city my freshman year of high school and i didn't go back to church until the next year. they were nicer in the beginning but then later my life got lonelier. i didn't want to reach out to others. i always wondered why the other Christians had a better time than i did. truth is, everyone reached out and their personalities were different. i have come off as vindictive and angry with others and that's not what others would want to see from a Christian. i said to myself nobody accepts me for being a Christian. when people see me with a cross, they act like they don't believe me. they don't. so then i stopped wearing one, threw my bible away, threw my multiple crosses away, and then just gave up. cried all the itme and complained to God about how lonely i was and if i ever will have friends. am i destined to be a loner? then again when you get older you'll get married and have your own family. and since my orientation is gay i can't get married. i feel so rejected by God.
 

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I understand the issues you face and why. You will need some really wise counsel from a suitable person to help you unravel many inner emotional and thinking processes. That will be a journey which will take some time and cooperation from you with Jesus to get that to happen.

Basically "I am not wanted, unlovable" is the dominant message written deeply onto your inner being.

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yep that's exactly how I feel. I remember when I was in eighth grade some woodshop teacher of mine told me to leave his shop as in the area where we worked on our projects and stuff. like that oen time when I was trying to cut a heart out of a jigsaw machine he yelled at me and asked me to get out of his shop. I was very angry. he apologized to me with a but and I realized that that was not a sorry because if he was he would not have given me a reason for yelling at me. I went home and cried that day. I was still in therapy at the time. I have recently gone back to see my psychologist to talk about everything and hopefully I can talk about everything.

if someone told me that I am not wanted from now on, I will arrogantly and stubbornly proclaim that I am welcome and that if they treat other Christians with respect they owe me a token of respect as well. I deserve respect from them just as much as I have tried to give them respect and if they don't treat me well then that's just too bad.
 
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letsbefriends -

I need 15 posts to reply to your pm, so I will answer here:

 
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Just to add, I too feel unloveable most of the time. This is due to my Borderline Personality Disorder and Depression. But, I try to remind myself that if noone loves me, at least God does. But you should talk to your psychologist. If you can, find a Christian counsellor too.
 
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My reply to your pm -

 
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My reply to your pm -

the best advice I can give is to remove your computer from your room or something so that people can see what you're doing. I can't because some of the wires in my house don't work. so sad. also, get an internet filter and have someone type the password for you. I can do that but then I don't have anyone to type in the password for me so what do I do? I can't do anything. if I type it in myself of course i'll know and when I feel like watching it i'll do it.

I also want to tell you that I once stole a dictionary from my teacher's shelf. I never returned. instead I ripped it to pieces and threw it in the trash. I stole it. so whenever I want to look up a new phrase in the dictionary or something I just feel tempted to touch the very next minute. why? because I never returned. I wish I had enough money to buy him a new one but I can't because I'm not in middle school anymore.
 
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I can tell that these evil spirits sure want me back. I do not want to go back. even when I find that other Christians don't accept me I feel like they are being driven by these spirits to deny me.

Some people who claim to be Christians, are not actually Christians. If someone is mean to you and does not try to love like Jesus, they are not a Christian.
 
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I cannot move my computer since there is no room, but I do have an internet filter.

Hmm.. I have stole many things in the past. I used to go into stores and take whatever I wanted to. Well, you must repent. It's an old sin, but it sounds like you haven't fully accepted Jesus. Pray to God for this. And he will help. Pray to be filled with the Holy Spirit and He will help get rid of your porn addiction. God will cleanse all old sins, including the one you just told me. Your dictionary problem is more psychological than spiritual.
 
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I have accepted him but the problem is I always try to earn my way back. I feel like every time I watch porn I have just lost my salvation and have to recite tons of prayers to compensate for the loss of salvation when the truth is I haven't lost my salvation. but my heart grows numb and I become cold. That feeling makes me feel like I'm lost again.
 
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Praying loads of prayers does not compensate for anything. One simple prayer for forgiveness will do. God will look into your heart and see that you are truly sorry. If you have accepted Jesus, then know that you haven't lost salvation. John 3:16

Ask God to fill you with the Holy Spirit, to make you a better Christian and to overcome your pornography addiction. I was reminded by some people that you need to quit cold turkey from porn. Find something else to suffice this. God says sacrifice anything that makes you sin. A good Bible quote of this is: Mark 9:43-49. Get rid of all pornography access. Every little bit. It's a sin, and God does not want you to keep watching it. I myself have installed numerous things to stop lust.

Only God can help you. And if you ask God, he will stop it. I've been porn free for 2 or 3 days.
 
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when I was 12, I used to save some porn images on my computer. then after attending church on sunday, I just feel like deleting them. others didn't like me at church not because I ever told them that I watched porn. they seemed to know by my words. like after church service, I would say some really perverse things and others would look at me and judge me. I have not gone to church for one year. when I went back, things were different. I wasn't fully welcomed by everyone. in fact, some people didn't want me there. I could tell by their tone of voice. I just left eventually because I thought of myself as a miserable failure and no amount of church service was going to change my current situation. I felt miserable. I left the church accusing the church of being fully responsible but really I think that perverse comment really made others judge me. even the deacon's daughter was accusing me of being gay and she never liked it when I talked to her every day on facebook. they were so self-righteous in my opinion and also judgmental.
 
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whenever I pray now I don't have this feeling of being fully repentant or being genuine about my prayers. I feel like when I want to watch porn, I don't want to. I only fear the consequences but not the relationship. even when one time when I was watching porn, in my heart, I reflected to myself,"Who cares what God thinks?" and then afterwards when that feeling of guilt comes in i confess my sin several times.

now when i make a prayer, i feel like i am putting on a show sometimes. i feel that way but that's not what i intend to do. it doesn't sound genuine. it kind of sounds burdened. what can i do to change this?
 
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Even though some things that happened were partially your doing, it does look like you were treated very unfairly throughout your entire life. I always thought I had it bad until i read your story lol.

As someone who was really just into myself as a child, you have to be more open to being social with people. You dont have to kiss their backsides or even be best friends with everybody you meet and talk to, but just try being more social. I dont feel like Im as social as i could be yet, but I have made progress and I like the progress that I've made. If you dont have any friends to talk to why not try with family? IMO that'd be good practice for the rest of the world.

As far as Christians treating you unfairly go, I've been through a bit of what you've gone through just today. I didnt say anything perverse, I was just minding my business trying to get the word of God and I noticed some people talking about me. My advice to you is to not let anybody ruin your day because of what they say. Also, dont let anybody run you out of the church. You're there to better your personal relationship with God and Jesus, and that should be all that matters. As for the people who judged you based on your perverse words, I'd suggest apologizing to them for those statements and do your best to better your relationship with them. Try to knock down the wall you've built up and just be yourself around them. If they dont forgive you, then they're not being true Christians. If they still dont like you after opening up to them, then life still goes on. Maybe they're just not your type of people personality wise if you dont get along. However, to follow Jesus' commandments, no matter how bad they treat you, always show as much love to everybody Christian and Non-Christian as you can. God will recognize that and will bless you IMO.
 
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