Catholic Freshman Retreat Hell

[Sadly_Not]

Can I rant for a bit?

Erm so.. I go to this Catholic private high school because it's the best school in the area. So ya know I hafta attend Mass every month, take classes on the Catholic religion, and other stuff like service projects having to be based on the Spiritual or Corporal Works of Mercy.

So I had extreme back pain throughout the week and couldn't attend school for two of the days due to its severity. But it was 'Freshman Retreat' on Thursday and my sister told me that if I didn't go that the school would force me to make it up. (Not surprising at all...)Of course I went, not excited at all but resigning myself to well a little over seven hours of religion..stuff?

In short, it was AWFUL. Like erm during the whole day I had multiple breakdowns and at one point thought about bolting through a side door. I won't bore you with the whole schedule of my day, but it included a lot of talks by seniors talking about how God helped them through their tough times. Like, for me it was really upsetting to hear about this one person's awful home life or another's emotional abuse at the hands of their old boyfriend. Another talking point would be the skit that caused at least one person besides me to cry in the bathroom. It was silent but featured on person being pushed and mistreated by multiple people.

The real problem came at the end for me though. I got pulled aside by a religious sister and kinda had to talk about my spiritual life with her. This made me extremely uncomfortable and I wanted to run from that office real bad. I didn't though because that would raise questions and I didn't want to seem rude.

Ok now that I've stopped whining about my stupid problems, I'd like to say sorry for wasting your time. Have a nice day though! =)

[UnicornLionWolf]

(10-29-2016 09:03 AM)Sadly_Not Wrote:  Can I rant for a bit?

Erm so.. I go to this Catholic private high school because it's the best school in the area. So ya know I hafta attend Mass every month, take classes on the Catholic religion, and other stuff like service projects having to be based on the Spiritual or Corporal Works of Mercy.

So I had extreme back pain throughout the week and couldn't attend school for two of the days due to its severity. But it was 'Freshman Retreat' on Thursday and my sister told me that if I didn't go that the school would force me to make it up. (Not surprising at all...)Of course I went, not excited at all but resigning myself to well a little over seven hours of religion..stuff?

In short, it was AWFUL. Like erm during the whole day I had multiple breakdowns and at one point thought about bolting through a side door. I won't bore you with the whole schedule of my day, but it included a lot of talks by seniors talking about how God helped them through their tough times. Like, for me it was really upsetting to hear about this one person's awful home life or another's emotional abuse at the hands of their old boyfriend. Another talking point would be the skit that caused at least one person besides me to cry in the bathroom. It was silent but featured on person being pushed and mistreated by multiple people.

The real problem came at the end for me though. I got pulled aside by a religious sister and kinda had to talk about my spiritual life with her. This made me extremely uncomfortable and I wanted to run from that office real bad. I didn't though because that would raise questions and I didn't want to seem rude.

Ok now that I've stopped whining about my stupid problems, I'd like to say sorry for wasting your time. Have a nice day though! =)

I can understand not wanting to talk about your life, sometimes I'm not comfortable with sharing my mistakes either. However at this point in my life I find myself praying for a miracle because I badly need one.

[Sadly_Not]

I can understand not wanting to talk about your life, sometimes I'm not comfortable with sharing my mistakes either. However at this point in my life I find myself praying for a miracle because I badly need one.


i hope your life gets better. Thanks for replying!