As I've said above, not going into details is fine, even good. You don't want to tempt your priest. But what's in the OP is not merely euphemisms to avoid saying out loud something so horrible it should not be said, although both parties know very well what is meant. I'm not aware of any culture where "obscene acts" evidently means masturbation, or "watching obscenities" evidently means watching porn, or "harming another's body" evidently means "committing acts of violence".
Or more simply and eloquently, what said. Even you seem to know this, since you said you don't confess to the priest you normally see because you're scared he will judge you or give you a penance that is too difficult. But if you both know what is meant by your euphemism, his judgment and the penance will not be any different than if you said more directly what sins you committed, right? He will not give you a lighter penance, or feel less disturbance in his heart, if you say "I have taken the life of another person" rather than "I have killed someone". But, again, don't take it too far in the other direction and explain who you killed and for what reason and how you carried it out.
Hudson James
That's interesting. Orthodox here, one time I asked my priest what he would do if a person confessed to murder. He has told me that he would request a murderer turn himself in, and that he wouldn't complete the confession service until he did. Any other Orthos in the thread that can say if this is a difference between us and Catholics, or is my priest out of line?
Jonathan Lee
I tell my priest that I jack off to women and little pubescent high school girls I see at mass face to face. They have a face to face side and an anonymous side in the confessional and I was too stupid to understand this so some days I would do face to face and some days I would do anonymous. And I go pretty much every week and not many others go ever so he definitely knows my voice and my face. If I could do it all over, I would go to confession at a different parish, but it's too late for me to care. He already knows I'm a sick, depraved winnie the pooh. It's really winnie the poohin hard being an autistic loser freak trying to fit in with a bunch of vanilla normies who all have families and friends. I cried today after vigil mass.
But yeah, truth is, no one really gives a winnie the pooh. They won't go out of their way to harass you, they mostly just avoid you and try to keep you quarantined. Just go confess and stop giving a winnie the pooh. Also I did some bestiality stuff when I was like 14 and I never confessed it specifically, I just told him I did a lot of depraved things in my time as a lukewarm. There was also no insertion.
(OP) Don't tiptoe if you don't want your confession to be of doubtful validity, demons will use it to cause uncertainty.neither go into to much detail. confess the specie of the sin and number or frequency as best as you can.
Jaxon Lee
Clearly you wish to be better, and this is all Our Lord is focused on. And given that you are faithfully confessing these sins, I'm sure this is all your priest is focused on also. The fact that you are humble enough to keep confessing is a sign that God's grace is at work in you. Keep it up user, and pray your rosary always!
One thing though. Was the beastiality stuff before your baptism? If not, you must confess this sin specifically. A single unconfessed mortal sin is the difference between life and death. This could also be the act of humility that gives you the strength to leave your other sins of impurity behind. God bless you in the struggle.
David Nelson
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Christian Morris
No way, just straight up say what you did. I practically ran to church to do confession this morning and told him how I got drunk last night. When I was severely struggling with porn, I'd be frank and ask forgiveness for watching pornography. I think I the only time I may have used a euphemism was in my first confession when I was trying to cover everything I'd done in the last 25 years, but I also didn't over generalize; I specifically mentioned fornication, drunkenness, and porn use. I said something along the lines of "sexual actions" for when I took pictures and received them years ago, as that also covered anything I missed with the previous statements.
tl;dr don't use euphemisms, be frank. But slight generalization is ok so long as it's kept relatively narrow in scope.
Evan Anderson
Yeah, this. Don't be scrupulous but also don't beat around the bush. I guarantee you that priests have heard things ten times more winnie the poohed up than your sins.
Parker Carter
Ah, I recall having to explain to a priest how I sinned by being in the furry community…most awkward 10 minutes of my life.
Asher Peterson
Go thank him for his aid and tell him you're cured of your depravity. Then travel to a different parish and confess your sin of lying. Maybe that way you could get your priest to think you're no longer a depraved weirdo?
