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Originally Posted by Ohio
Not sure what "social anxiety and distress" you were forced to endure, but that is indeed unfortunate. All to many times young people were forced to perform in public, and this has spoiled many a young heart.
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Yes, what exactly is "social anxiety and distress"? I can only speak from my experiences. Being raised in a Christian family and eventually becoming a Christian, lifesyles and events that take place in the world is in contradiction to the Christian life. You could try to fit in, but you won't. Then you have the life as seen in the "Recovery". You may be a Christian in the local churches, but not be absolute for the ministry. You may be a Christian in the local churches who has no desire for the Full Time training. You could try to be just a Christian in the local churches, but if you're not absolute for the ministry, there's an inward realization you just don't fit in. This is where social anxiety comes in. You're just a Christian who doesn't fit in. The distress comes in when your life dreams may be for a career and hopefully sooner than later; marriage and family. However these dreams to not coincide with the pressures and expectation in the local churches to go to college after high school and after college the full time training and after the full time training serving on a college campus somewhere. The distress is being expected to set aside your individual dreams for the collective's best interest.