This reply is full of assumptions... What if this person is secular? Or from one of the other hundreds of spiritual flavors? How would you react if somebody tells you to head to a mosque because you are not feeling well?
Oh please I am tired of this whole assumptions and tippy tappying around just general things which help.
If there was any sort of better alternatives to a church, I would have recommended that. Sports and board game night don't really cut it. And church = whatever place of worship this person might be interested in.
And if they truly despise the idea, they can simply not apply it. The whole preamble to ask if they are religious and which flavour might that be, before giving a piece of advice is ridiculous.
I know that's hard. But honestly I had fallen into something similar to what OP is saying a long time back and it is a bit of a one step backward first to go forward kind of a thing. Without nourishing the soul genuinely these things can take over your life. Maybe he can volunteer for a short while / after hours.
I do this already. It's a wonderful part of life, it's just not enough to cure some of the internal stuff I have going on. The treatment is helping a lot, it's just a long slow process, I have a lot of junk to work through.
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Have you thought about going to your local church and volunteering there?
I feel communion and fellowship with humans can really help when trying to break out of a rut.
This reply is full of assumptions... What if this person is secular? Or from one of the other hundreds of spiritual flavors? How would you react if somebody tells you to head to a mosque because you are not feeling well?
Personally, I'd thank them for showing a genuine welcoming kindness and sharing something that has made their life much richer.
There are secular and religion-agnostic churches. Unitarian Universalism, for example.
Oh please I am tired of this whole assumptions and tippy tappying around just general things which help.
If there was any sort of better alternatives to a church, I would have recommended that. Sports and board game night don't really cut it. And church = whatever place of worship this person might be interested in.
And if they truly despise the idea, they can simply not apply it. The whole preamble to ask if they are religious and which flavour might that be, before giving a piece of advice is ridiculous.
How about the mortgage, the mouths to feed and other financial obligations? Or are you suggesting volunteering in addition to keeping the tech job?
I know that's hard. But honestly I had fallen into something similar to what OP is saying a long time back and it is a bit of a one step backward first to go forward kind of a thing. Without nourishing the soul genuinely these things can take over your life. Maybe he can volunteer for a short while / after hours.
I do this already. It's a wonderful part of life, it's just not enough to cure some of the internal stuff I have going on. The treatment is helping a lot, it's just a long slow process, I have a lot of junk to work through.