indifference?

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hi, i’m new here. for the sake of my sanity and humanity, i’m trying to get my feet back on the ground. i don’t know if this is confession or not. it probably is.

okay, start with when i was a kid, when i was 7 (i am now 28). i did a mistake but i accused my brother of my mistake; he got hit by my mom instead (with rattan). he didn’t tell mom that it was my mistake, and i didn’t come forward to admit it. i think that was the first time i realize it was a sin. my head suddenly ache and my heart filled with darkness?? like there’s an evil voice laughing in the back of my head. but something in my heart tells me to just go forward and admit my mistake. it was yelling so loud! but somehow i refuse to follow that voice. but i knew that voice was right… so it was like i was in conflict with myself.

but then the event passed. from what i seen i guess my brother has forgiven me, as afterward, he talk & play with me like usual, he even loves me more. my mother didn’t know that it was actually my mistake (until months ago i tell her about the event, i don’t know if she’d care about it again or not). i took it by heart and only acknowledge it by heart that i was very wrong to have accused others of my own mistake. i became a bit gloomy and withdrew myself and observe more than do the right things for fear of doing mistakes and accusing other people again (a.k.a. being even more introverted. i think i’m already an introverted person as i see myself very different from others).

years went by, then i went to high school (10th grade). i just went to this Catholic school (the school is actually very good) for the first few days. then i spout a wrong word (it’s actually a ridiculous nickname) to a newly acquainted friend. this friend, probably to her own amusement, went to introduce me to so many other friends with this ridiculous nickname. i became a little bit panicked and i acknowledged it half-heartedly that it was my nickname to other friend who seriously ask me if it was really my name? i was like swallowing it all in a repulsive reaction to myself and to her. and then i accuse again (for the 2nd time after the 1st accusation to my brother) this newly acquainted friend of mine. i was so upset that day that i went home and having bad mood. but the problem is, half of the class keep calling me with that ridiculous name without them knowing it’s upsetting me very much and i became so upset with myself and her to the point i can’t socialize normally. i think i became even more introverted than before that i want to hide myself and live in a cave instead.
the name keeps on until i went to college (because i met a few friends from high school who knew me by that name) that i became used to it but somehow i became dull and numb.
personally i don’t really care anymore, but when my friends go to my house, and they call me with that name, it’s my family that has problem with it. but i’m still with my own stubborn stance of being silence and that there’s no need to explain anything even though the world is falling apart!

as about the accusing part, i’ve tried to talk to myself and read countless writings just to be at peace with myself. it works, but sometimes the feeling of guilt recur. maybe because i’ve drawn back too much that i’m too upset with myself that i rarely meet people even my own family… i even rarely talk with them for so many… years… i’m just being silent at home, when my mother actually really needs a daughter who could help her in all her difficulties (she’s schizophrenic btw). i feel really indifferent (even deliberately) to all my social needs, and the people who needs me… all because of the feeling of upset! my mother’s schizophrenic got even worse, my family falling apart, i think i’m so numb i don’t even go to seek for help. because of i don’t know… what? maybe because i think that i can handle everything alone! (out of madness this way of thinking appears i guess…)

what i want to ask is: is there a way to redeem indifference? as it has and still happening ever since 13 years ago? this is tooo funny, ridiculous, and absurd i know, but i just feel so lost. that i’m still very very very upset with myself. i don’t really know… i think i’m actually gave up already.

oh btw, i’m not Catholic, although i once want to be a Catholic because it seems more structured than all the other vagueness denominations of Protestants.

i don’t know if this is sincere or not, i’m trying to. i think my personality has become sarcastic, or i don’t know maybe i’m already like this since birth 😑
 
“Is there a way to redeem indifference?”

Engage in something meaningful that is a little bit (but not too) scary for you.

E.g., volunteer in an old peoples’ home, or a food bank, or a shelter. Meet people on the margins and serve them. See how similar they actually are to you (and me). Learn to care.

Give up the “nice” and embrace the “good.”

My 2 cents:thumbsup:
 
i feel really indifferent (even deliberately) to all my social needs, and the people who needs me… all because of the feeling of upset! my mother’s schizophrenic got even worse, my family falling apart, i think i’m so numb i don’t even go to seek for help. because of i don’t know… what? maybe because i think that i can handle everything alone! (out of madness this way of thinking appears i guess…)
Hello. I think, after reading your post, that you a getting to realize you cannot handle everything alone.

So. Time for some help. If you are still in school, there will be a counseling service. You can start there. If not, there are mental health services usually in every town or city. There are hot lines. Time to venture out and seek as some assistance. I know this can be hard. You don’t have to be Catholic to pray for help. Ask Jesus and the Blessed Mother to help you.

God bless you abundantly.
 
hi, thank you for your replies… somehow social media could help. but only a bit, because interacting through wires is waayy waayyy wayyyy different with interacting in reality. i sometimes want to interact normally in reality, instead of showing fear and anxiety. is this kind of behavior a result of sin? of the mistake & stance i chose that i found really hard to change?

also i would like to ask is schizophrenia curable? is there a record in Catholic church of a schizophrenic being cured? because sometimes i’m afraid i’ll be like my mom too… which i hope i don’t… and i really want my mom to be cured totally…

i’ve felt like asking these questions many times already but don’t know how or where to begin. or if i have the true courage to change… i don’t really know…
 
Maybe find a parish you feel comfortable in, and ask to speak to the Priest. Ask for their help and advice.
 
First, by writing your problem in this forum, it seems that you have acknowledged that you made some mistakes in your past life. Tell God you are sorry, and ask for forgiveness.

Then it is time to make up for past mistakes. Visit your brother and do something good for him. You don’t have to tell him the reason why. If somehow he could feel that you love him, then that would be enough. If your guilt feeling is so strong that you prefer to apologize about that incident that happened when you were very young (age 7), by all means do so. You could also tell him that you told your Mom the truth months later.

Regarding your other friends, if they still call you with that ridiculous nickname, start correcting them. Simply tell them that you don’t like that name anymore and would like to be called by a different name. And continue to be nice to them.

Then it is time to go on and start living. Talk to your Mom and be there when she needs you. Be helpful to other people as well. It is your way of telling God that you want to make up for past mistakes. God who sees your heart, knows what you are doing.

Merry Christmas and God bless you!
 
another question. if, if in the past i’ve already embraced faith in Jesus Christ (and this is true, because i know the difference between the time i haven’t believed and the time i believed). how do we respond to it? with all our heart & lives wasn’t it? that we would give our life just so we could preserve the faith.

what if, what if because of a stupidity that somehow i gave up hope? what do we call this? the person with little faith, or no faith at all, or a person with bad faith?

because one cannot be so easily give up faith and hope and love, right? or is it because i just want to know how other people feel with their sufferings? this kind of thinking crossed my mind many times… but to give up faith just to know how other really suffers is absurd and stupid, wasn’t it?
 
another question. if, if in the past i’ve already embraced faith in Jesus Christ (and this is true, because i know the difference between the time i haven’t believed and the time i believed). how do we respond to it?
By doing good works, and by being good to others, which is what I have advised you to do in an earlier post. The Bible says: “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead” (James 2:26).
 
thanks rom422, i don’t know… why am i still not satisfied with questioning? when the answers already clearly stated?

i found that i have a really huge pride… the truth is i actually don’t need to tell you guys about all this ignorance/indifference that i did… i just need to do love… love that God told us to do. i was actually testing… i don’t know who? myself or God? if i actually test God, can i be forgiven? because i don’t seem to be truly aware of myself anymore, that sometimes without aware i did sin again, for example judging others or myself so harshly, or if i’m afraid to judge, i went back with my indifference demeanor again. or i seek attention for my own… personal satisfaction?

but i’ve never feel satisfied anymore with this thirst / hunger. i feel like a huge black hole absorbing lives from my surroundings. i’ve once or many times when i was younger, contented with every answer that God gave me… but now it seems that my pride went far too high i don’t think i can be forgiven… anymore.

actually i’m confessing by having a high pride i’m trying to know more people, and if i know more people having the same issues as me, i’ll feel better? but that is not what we’re supposed to be looking for…

i feel so depraved…
 
okay, there are still some memories i haven’t spoken out yet.

i’ve been sexually abused when i was 8 or something by a far relative of mine whom i called uncle. however, when that happened, i knew it was wrong. however, i failed to shout. i was hesitate, i was afraid. but not knowing what or who i was afraid of.

and i kept it from myself because i knew i was also wrong by failed to shout. and when i was 12 or 13, again i was abused by another far relative. again, i failed to shout. maybe because i see them as relatives, there’s no need to make problems bigger.

but then again, i think my failure to seek help came from my anguish of betrayal by the first mistake i made: accusing somebody else of my own mistake and not came forward to admit.

i think people who betray their own conscience does not have the possibility of being saved. is there anyway to make peace from betrayal?
 
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