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Letting go of others’ perceptions
Does surrendering also mean to stop managing/monitoring others’ perception of me? Even family and close friends? I think if I stop trying, I will become less nice and polite. I like the idea of this anyway, but essentially you have to be okay with being all on your own (I know I won’t be, but still, it’s a fear).
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@Erhard H. Thank you for your response, Erhard. What I mean by ‘polite’ in this context is f.ex. laughing at jokes I don’t find funny, joining in on gossip about someone, asking questions I really have zero interest in finding an answer to etc. Basically abandoning my values in order for others to like me. I live in a country where conformity is as big as anywhere. Ever since I started valuing authenticity and integrity as some of my highest personal values, people often seem to have a problem with me. I struggle to find deep bonds. I am also still just in my early 20s, which makes me feel even more distant to people my age How can I look even deeper to this feeling of God and wholeness?
How do I fully surrender?
Can someone try explaining surrendering/letting go in a way that just breaks it all the way down? I read books and hear people talking about it, and every time I sense that I’m starting to surrender, I eventually realize I’m not fully surrendered at all. Perhaps more surrendered than previously, but I keep getting stuck in thoughts that judge my reality in negative ways. I’ve also chosen solitude heavily this last year, as I feel I’m not ready for society anymore. I tell myself I’ll go back to societal ways when I’m in a state of love and abundance, which I get the taste of in very short doses from time to time. Then I think to myself that I’m attached to being surrendered, as I don’t want to live externally until I feel a certain way, which seems counter-intuitive to surrendering. It’s really hard for me to heal when I’m always with people, as I’m way more relaxed by myself. Then again I crave human connection.
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@Lucas Johnson This is the feeling/state I experience once in a while. Where I feel down to the core that God has my back, and God does in fact even exist. I was an atheist for 21 years, you know? Religious for 1. I don’t like to force my mind into believing in God. It contradicts what I view as God in the first place.
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@Paula Kay I appreciate this comment a lot. Thank you. To me, surrender doesn’t seem like a conscious choice I can make. When I feel fully surrendered, if it’s just a day, a moment, a week etc., it happened by itself. It happened by me trying less hard to do anything at all, even surrendering. And my mindset seems like I just wake up and choose to spread joy. Catching thoughts and feelings and not buying into it rationally. I’ve always had a wandering mind, for good and bad. But this intuitive feeling that I view as surrender also gets lost. Probably a part of the process. And no matter how hard I try to «think myself» back into this state, the feeling isn’t responding.
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Hi my name is zümra. Currently in my life I quit antidepressants and the anger that was dumbed by over 2 years just came back I get angry and sad very quick i realized that i’m not calm at all and my nervous system is absouletly cooked. My therapist once said that i have similar patterns with borderlines. Then she just stopped seeing me. I got dissappointed several times from friends lovers and therapists but i still trust and rely on people very easily and get manipulated. Sometimes i think that there is something wrong with me that everyone can see but me. And i think thats why they always get away from me. I dont have any friends and ı dont know how to get one without making myself smaller than i am. I always get rejected by people. And if i dont go talk with them nobody comes and talks to me and when they do that ı get nervous and fck it up. ı ve been trying to build confidence but still people dont come near me. I dont attract but push people away. Its my beliefes and childhood patterns that ruins me. ı just feel hopeles.
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@Erhard H. how did you discover God and this wholeness inside you?
Anxiety
I feel the more conscious and aware I am, the more socially anxious and tense I tend to get. Also, it comes in waves, like a few weeks/months at a time. Then I feel peace and bliss after for a period of time. And then it recycles. I suppose I feel better and better after each downtime. Any explanations for this?
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@Mike S how to I «allow them to be»? Catch them in the moment?
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@Erhard H. I think I understand. I struggle with perfectionism, especially in social settings. Anything that isn’t perfect I consider a failure
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