My anxiety in public places is too strong and so I stopped going to church…kind of defeated…thought I was doing so well…
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The whole thing about faith is if you believe it.
It’s no problem practicing your faith your way and at home. Sure it’s great to get out and about but anxiety is serious business with sz.
Yeah it sux but as an atheist I’d say just do what you need to do faith wise is no problems. Agoraphobia and other things may need your doctors intervention!
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thanks man…I feel happy staying at home with my faith…I don’t need church…just thought it might be a social activity I could handle…
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That’s too bad @jukebox. When I went last time I just sat in the back. So I only had to get along with the two people on either side of me, lol.
Maybe you can work up a tolerance for people somehow and be around them more. I went to a museum and it was quiet and calm and surprisingly other people were paying more attention to the art then they were to me.
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thanks…there are three meetings this week leading up to Sunday this week and I think I’m just not ready to go that much yet…I haven’t written it off since I’ve been thinking about it all night…
Cool, I hope it works out for you.
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My agrophobia is stopping me to meet people as well
I think I am going to not go to the meetings they have this week but looking to go on sunday again later…I think I am anyways…
Maybe you’re not ready to go yet. If you don’t go this year there"s alot of time gor change if you work it out gradually. It’s not necessarily forever.
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Church is such a cool social event, if it weren’t so tied in with religion I’d love going to one! I hope things change for you and you feel comfortable around people again. Maybe you just need a break.
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If you are more interested in the social aspect of church maybe look into Unitarian Universalism. They are pretty open minded. And more focused on letting you believe as you wish.
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I knew a woman who went to the Unitarian church that I was quite close to…I met a woman there who was suicidal and she later I found out took her life…always made me wonder if it was the churchs fault for not helping her more.
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I hear you, I always feel like I’m being judged at church. 
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