I’m curious to hear from others who were raised religious and/or used to be christian on this topic. I was very much a goody two-shoes Christian girl growing up so I never did the stuff you’re “supposed” to do when you’re young (drinking, recreational drugs, hooking up, etc.), and I really bought into faith up until my last year or two in college. Even then, when I started to feel like I wanted to have these experiences, I was just very lonely and unsure of myself, and my whole social circle was still involved in church so opportunities weren’t exactly presenting themselves. I’m in my late 20s now and it’s only been the last few years that I feel like I’ve found myself and made some great friends. It’s been really great and freeing, but sometimes I feel like an overgrown teenager.

Anyone else gone through this? How do you feel about it or deal with it? No one in my life I share this with is particularly judgmental about it, but it can feel like I’m playing catch up on life and others my age are already over it. It feels like one of those things that you can only really get if you’ve gone through something similar and I would love to know I’m not alone!