Preacher. >=(

[ChristInAction]

We had the most awesome youth meeting with all the youth from this part of melbourne of friday & sunday night, they were really awesome & God was truly alive & it made me happy for the 1st time in a long time.
Untill the preacher on sunday.
He got up & the 1st thing he started talking about was a girl that cut n her leaving & go to another state in USA.
He had NO RIGHT AT ALL. to talk about self injury infront of everyone. It really annoyed me & really upset me.
People talking about what we do without having been there, without knowing & understanding what its like cant just do that.
I sat there mad at him, not listening to anything else he said but I couldnt take it, I left & went to the bathroom & wanted to punch in the wall right there but didnt. Thankfully. lol.
Do you think I was over reacting?
So many people are always talking about it around me, passing harsh judgement on it, I feel like saying 'hello!' cutter right here.
Someone that high up in the world should have more respect but I think I was kidding myself.

 

[Moana]

Better than what I would have done.

 

[goldenviolet]

i'm so sorry!

i'd have been angry too. his intentions were maybe to get support for you. however that was abit much; bringing it up before the church without asking you first. did you talk to your parents or youth pastor about it? if you did, it may help you put your feelings to rest. - love dee

 

[flying_kiwifruit]

I had a very similar thing happen to me more than once, where on a camp a guy started to talk about self-image, cutting, suicide and some other stuff all related in that sort of area.

You did not overreact I wanted to do the same thing to this guy but luckily my best friend was sitting beside me and stopped me from doing anything rash.

The thing is we can't stop this sort of thing happening because it is considered one of the major issues to do with teenagers. People are going to talk and I have been in situations where I have been sitting with a group of people and they have started to talk about it. I have turned around and gotten angry at them, said have you ever been there and tried to re-educate them on the whole issue.

A person talking is going to happen but we need to think carefully about how we react. Sometimes it is best to speak up right on the spot, other times it is best to talk to that person in private, but unfortunately other times it is best to keep our mouths shut.

We all need to make our own decisions on what to do in different situations where this happens.

Oops that turned into a ramble, sorry

God Bless Ya
Nat