Velociraptor
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- Jul 8, 2015
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Hello everybody.
I am new to this site, but not new to forums. I actually own one myself (I won't post it, don't worry). I actually found this site in a roundabout way. Lately, I have been struggling. Hard. I had my dream internship, but it never led to a job and next thing I knew I was jobless. About 15-20 rejection letters later, I start looking for answers (and not all the right ones). Late one night I was bored and get the (not bright) idea that I should look into hypnosis for fun. Two days after "trying" to do self-hypnosis, I realized it was evil and attempted to flee from it. I was saved a couple years ago, but I was starting to backslide. Something didn't feel right about hypnosis, so I went and dug a little further on Google and learned about how it is used for evil.
I tried to get comfort from Christian friends, but I found out they didn't have a lot. Long story short, I fled from hypnosis after seeing it for what it really is. Thankfully, I never saw any demons or anything, but it still scares me. I do not feel like during any of the videos I truly fell into "trance", but sometimes the thoughts from the videos creep in my head and days like today, I fall into temptation. After the first two days, I never listened to the "tapes", but today I did read some of the comments which is probably just as bad.
Anyway, tonight I started googling "Why Christians shouldn't listen to Hypnosis" and found the "Hypnotism: Christian or Occult" thread here and then read the "Hope for a backslider?" thread and decided joining this place would be good for me.
I have never been good about reading my Bible. I will read it from time to time, but I struggle with sitting down and studying it. I pray often and know I am saved, but extra prayer couldn't hurt my situation.
I am fatherless on earth, but I know I have a Father in Heaven and that is comforting. I did manage to finally find a job and although it isn't in my field or my dream job, I start Monday. Lately, I have just felt lost in the world.
It's late and I'm sure I have probably repeated myself, but it's nice to be here and I look forward to meeting everyone. I live in a fairly big city (the one I had my internship in), but I have hardly any friends. I have had bad experiences with some Churches, but I am actively looking for one down here.
Glad to be here. Hope my introduction post wasn't too long. If there is a list of "forum rules" or anything like that, feel free to send them my direction because I have yet to find them.
I am new to this site, but not new to forums. I actually own one myself (I won't post it, don't worry). I actually found this site in a roundabout way. Lately, I have been struggling. Hard. I had my dream internship, but it never led to a job and next thing I knew I was jobless. About 15-20 rejection letters later, I start looking for answers (and not all the right ones). Late one night I was bored and get the (not bright) idea that I should look into hypnosis for fun. Two days after "trying" to do self-hypnosis, I realized it was evil and attempted to flee from it. I was saved a couple years ago, but I was starting to backslide. Something didn't feel right about hypnosis, so I went and dug a little further on Google and learned about how it is used for evil.
I tried to get comfort from Christian friends, but I found out they didn't have a lot. Long story short, I fled from hypnosis after seeing it for what it really is. Thankfully, I never saw any demons or anything, but it still scares me. I do not feel like during any of the videos I truly fell into "trance", but sometimes the thoughts from the videos creep in my head and days like today, I fall into temptation. After the first two days, I never listened to the "tapes", but today I did read some of the comments which is probably just as bad.
Anyway, tonight I started googling "Why Christians shouldn't listen to Hypnosis" and found the "Hypnotism: Christian or Occult" thread here and then read the "Hope for a backslider?" thread and decided joining this place would be good for me.
I have never been good about reading my Bible. I will read it from time to time, but I struggle with sitting down and studying it. I pray often and know I am saved, but extra prayer couldn't hurt my situation.
I am fatherless on earth, but I know I have a Father in Heaven and that is comforting. I did manage to finally find a job and although it isn't in my field or my dream job, I start Monday. Lately, I have just felt lost in the world.
It's late and I'm sure I have probably repeated myself, but it's nice to be here and I look forward to meeting everyone. I live in a fairly big city (the one I had my internship in), but I have hardly any friends. I have had bad experiences with some Churches, but I am actively looking for one down here.
Glad to be here. Hope my introduction post wasn't too long. If there is a list of "forum rules" or anything like that, feel free to send them my direction because I have yet to find them.
