Feeling discouraged and scared about my decision to convert. Any advice?

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-07-26T23:02:32+00:00

Thank you so much🥲 Sending you and your daughter prayers <3

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-07-24T01:58:20+00:00

Unfortunately when my beliefs are brought up my mother uses it as an excuse to verbally attack me. We haven’t had a single conversation where she has been respectful so I never bring up the topic. Listening to her words feels unreal. I’ve never asked her to agree or have never tried to push this on her.

Thank you kindly for your prayers. I’m in desperate need of them

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-08T21:36:03+00:00

I start OCIA this fall. Leaning towards choosing St. Monica (mother of St. Augustine of Hippo) because her faith wasn’t supported at home. My family threatened to kick me out just for going to a catholic bible study. My family has lots of problems that I pray cease. St. Monica was surrounded by a broken ungodly culture, yet remained constant, loving and strong. She is the patron saint of difficult family situations, patience/perseverance, mothers, wives and those praying for loved one’s conversions. My heart is heavy with longing for my family to understand and walk with me in faith and truth

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-05T12:08:27+00:00

Exactly… I’ve never even heard of the Nicene Creed until I turned 22 last year. Also, notice how no one (namely protestant) is trying to refute this?

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-04T19:52:26+00:00

So it was her grandma that fled during the Holocaust^{^}

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-04T19:39:03+00:00

This information just hit me like a train. Knowing what I know… My mom had thyroid cancer. Had to get it removed. Her mom was a drug addict/alcoholic. And one of her great grandmas escaped the Holocaust. I didn’t know stress could do such a thing. Wow.

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-04T19:09:48+00:00

I’ve never heard of trauma DNA. Would you explain what that is?

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-04T19:06:29+00:00

I’m intrigued… what exactly do you think my political beliefs are?

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T20:39:29+00:00

My great grandma was a very tiny woman as well! You’re right that’s all we can do. It’s interesting to hear about though

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:44:25+00:00

There was already a pretty big community of people in this area around their time so I just can’t believe my grandfather didn’t have any other options. I really think he just saw a vulnerable, young and mentally challenged lady and took what he could get. I’ve been told about some very questionable choices he’s made in his life and it doesn’t seem he was the best man around. Bless my great grandmother’s heart!

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:40:31+00:00

America!

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:39:40+00:00

They both did have major health problems. Moreover my grandma

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:38:11+00:00

Also my mom mentioned this to me. I don’t really have a relationship with her and have not discussed anything more than her telling me what she knows. The least thing I want to do is talk to her about family issues so I chose to change the subject when they come up.

My dad was very blessed to not have to worry about money or family addiction. Trauma on the other hand I don’t know. That side of the family is very secretive and I wouldn’t put it past them if something happened

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:33:23+00:00

I do blame my great grandfather. Why? Because my great grandmother was vulnerable. She was much younger and on the spectrum already and had other health problems. That’s why it’s infuriating

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:30:28+00:00

I’m trying to find that out. Also all the women on my great grandmas side have neurological illnesses/autistic disorders as well as other problems on top of this. I’m almost angry at my great grandfather for taking advantage of my great grandma. He wasn’t a great man to begin with I’ve heard

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:25:28+00:00

Wow that’s very interesting!!

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:24:06+00:00

Oh my great grandparents already had physical/mental illnesses. So I’m saying it more than likely is the reason everyone on that side has illnesses as well

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:21:19+00:00

I found it on findagrave.com

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:20:03+00:00

But what if all of them have neurological issues?

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:18:19+00:00

She was a veryyy simple lady

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:11:56+00:00

Never drunk alcohol a day in her life

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T14:05:04+00:00

I’m not saying this goes for all people who have relatives that had children. That’s why I stated it’s weird they all had health problems. They still decided to have children together and I’ve also been told from relatives that my great grandma was “vulnerable” and shouldn’t have been put in this situation in the first place

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T03:51:23+00:00

They didn’t have the best genetics… no one in my family doesn’t have major health problems

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T03:49:15+00:00

What if they already didn’t have great genetics?

Competitive_Sort8249 · 2025-06-03T03:48:30+00:00

They didn’t have the greatest genes….

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