u/Holiday-Phrase-1687

For various reasons I'm looking to move from the Southern Baptist church I'm in. I've been watching Episcopal services lately and they've been nice so far. I think I like the pace and style of them more than the evangelical flavor I'm used to. However, this is only a shallow impression.

For anyone who's moved into the Episcopal church from Southern Baptist or any similar denominations, do you have any advice? How do things vary between the two denominations? What sort of culture shocks should I expect?

I'm a Christian, but I'm not a social person. There's some mental issues and trauma involved I don't want to go into, and overall I don't like being around people. I hear people talk about fellowship and being with fellow Christians, but at best it does nothing at for me. More often, I'm unhappy, depressed, miserable and stressed out for days afterwards.

I've tried to ignore that and force it before, but I pay for it every time. It's not a good suffering, but one that hurts my faith and requires a lot of time to recover from. It doesn't help that a particular type of person (bald, bearded men) trigger trauma reactions from me as well, a certain sort of look that's not uncommon in leadership positions of churches I've been in.

What should I do? I watch online services, but even those can be difficult sometimes. Most people I talk to don't really get it, particularly the sort who happily go to church every week.

(I posted this on another subreddit a few days ago, but I wouldn't mind some additional opinions.)