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Where did the feeling of disconnect happen in the church? I have been in a church service when they were playing a happy rejoicing type song but I wasn’t feeling so happy that time. I was feeling sad and down but the music didn’t reflect how I was feeling.
Or have you gone to a service you don't usually attend, such as a different denomination, and has anything made you uncomfortable or shocked etc.?
For me it was just a source of anxiety. It felt like I was expected to visibly perform and show my connection with god in a way that was culturally acceptable to my peers rather than to just embrace my relationship with god and connect in my own way. "Don't forsake the gathering" was something that I heard often, but that obligation to gather is what killed the spiritual aspect for me. Church was just never a good fit.
I'm not an extrovert, and that's just something I can't change. Social engagements are emotionally draining for me, and while I enjoy being social with friends and family, I can't really focus on anything else while I'm being social other than the company I'm with, and at the end of that I'm ready to take a nap.
It’s ok to be an introvert. Nothing wrong with that.
I think the worst is how people switch modes into a conditioned response during a worship service till the end, where once again,, they return back into regular people in the parking lot after being severed from the collective.Have you ever found anything uncomfortable at your worship service? Is there anything you'd change, even? Or have you gone to a service you don't usually attend, such as a different denomination, and has anything made you uncomfortable or shocked etc.?