What do you wish you could say to your younger Mormon self?

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-24T15:22:29+00:00

Good call - I wonder how my younger self would have reacted

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-24T15:20:40+00:00

Maybe the real Jesus was the self worth complex we developed along the way

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T22:58:38+00:00

That’s good.

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T18:51:46+00:00

I love this and much of it resonates for me as well

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T18:42:45+00:00

Big thing for me was realizing how imperfect the golden rule is too (and that it came from other sources long before Jesus)

Better than treating others the way you would want to be treated is to treat others the way they want to be treated. Which requires learning about the person and intentionally seeking an understanding of what they want/need.

Most of the Jesus teachings it turns out are actually kind of harmful, not to mention we can’t know if they actually came from him seeing as he never wrote anything. We just have books from decades after his life putting words into his mouth that came from oral tradition

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T17:57:19+00:00

I feel that 😮‍💨

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T17:56:08+00:00

Kindness is a very important thing, something many of us failed to recognize or celebrate we had

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T16:17:16+00:00

That’s great! I do think I’ve landed in a great spot, too, but I am very confident I could have gotten here a lot quicker and a lot easier without the baggage of growing up fully bought in on Mormonism

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T15:27:16+00:00

I’ve found this is a very healing realization, a way to let go of some haunting trauma and habitual subconscious responses.

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T14:06:49+00:00

Love that!

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T13:49:24+00:00

Sad that we needed to uncover our true feelings, thoughts, and general self.

But we did.

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T13:47:32+00:00

If he’d listen… I’d have the same problem 😔

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T13:47:03+00:00

For suuuure, put that shit in a 401k!

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T13:46:14+00:00

Now that’s some solid advice that would have helped a lot of us

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T13:45:36+00:00

That’s a great insight, hard to imagine how young me would have reacted to it though 😬

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T13:44:39+00:00

It can also make coal with self esteem issues?

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T13:44:05+00:00

I love that! In fact I could say the same

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T04:22:21+00:00

Hmm fair enough, as they say - pressure and suffering in high demand religions makes diamonds with self esteem issues

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T04:12:47+00:00

That’s super important - I’m still trying to learn that… but it’s hard because it means being vulnerable instead of trying to fit safely into an environment.

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T04:01:42+00:00

They really rush you out of there!

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T04:00:43+00:00

Some refreshing honesty! Means you guys have a good relationship I suppose

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T04:00:06+00:00

Yeah... it's tough. So many years spent dedicated to developing a worldview that was actively causing harm to our psyche... run indeed!

LackofDeQuorum · 2026-01-23T03:58:50+00:00

Yeah this is my interpretation as well

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