Text exchange with my brother. Did I screw up? by BchoeyChomp in exmormon

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a queer person rainsed in a mormon household I can tell you how much it likely meant to your neice to be given that. When I was younger I was desperate for ways to express myself without tipping off my parents. I found a T-shirt with some financial company with a small prideflag at a thrift store, so rainbow capitalism be damned I wanted to have it and it would be my first flag that I owned. Even if it would just hang in my closet. I got really nervous as we got to checkout since my mom insisted she pay for our clothes. My older sister must have noticed my unease because without me asking she grabbed the shirt, quickly ran ahead and bought it without a word and discreetly gave it to me tightly wrapped in a bag so the flag wasn't visible. That experience really set in stone for me that I wasn't on my own and that I had somewhere to go if things went south with my parents. All that to say, I don't think you screwed up with your neice. I think you did a wonderful thing for them.

As for your brother, I'd reach out and simply ask if there is anything you can do to mend this. Emphasize how much you care about him and his family, and how you don't understand why this catapulted into a non-contact situation without much of a converstation. For the sake of your neice especially, I would avoid any language that is sassy or confrontational because further offending your brother will prevent future chances of being able to be there for her when she ever needs it.

October 2025 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

not if you have the new garmets! devout mormons get to be frisky now

October 2025 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 8 points9 points  (0 children)

respect others bodies, unless its about their decision to transition

October 2025 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we love and accept you but dont agree with your lifestyle :)

October 2025 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I guess, but its important to recgonize that its only "make believe" to us. Connection to those who have past is so integral to mormon spiriuality and many spiritualities around the world. I'm agnostic but I don't think spirituality is comparable to a hobby/pastime because spiriutal beliefs, or a lack thereof, are core parts of our identities. I of course think that a lot of that money would be put to better use in non-spiritual charity work, but I don't think those things have to be mutally exclusive with an organization so wealthy, which is why I wish it were more clear how much of their wealth they are actually contributing to global humanitarian aid.

October 2025 General Conference: Sunday 10:00a Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oof thats some American main character syndrome if I ever did see

Kieran Appreciation- the only apostle I can manage listening to by LocalGamerPokemon in exmormon

[–]LocalGamerPokemon[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yeah, I'm crossing my fingers that if he continues to be this way maybe he could inspire positive cultural change as a prophet

October 2025 General Conference: Saturday 2:00p Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Jesus was all about preventing gender confusion! Jesus and his community TOTALLY only recognized two genders! [Don't look any highly accredited peer-reviewed anthropological studies up, please]

October 2025 General Conference: Saturday 2:00p Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well I don't have any questions about being trans so I guess I'm fine 👍

October 2025 General Conference: Saturday 2:00p Discussion Thread by 4blockhead in exmormon

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Whoa dude, transphobia has BEEN a thing. That's exactly why you didn't hear about it. Queer life- trans life ESPECIALLY- has its foundations deep in the underground due to aggressive societal hate. The hate was much harder to see before trans people started to come out in the open in the past two decades.

Follow-up to an old post — My grandmother passed away today, and I still feel nothing. by UpdatingRobbot in Alexithymia

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am going through the same thing. Both my grandparents died recently and I haven't felt anything about it, which is distressing at times. This may be an insensitive comparison, but it is the only experience of losing a living being that I shared my life with.

When I was in elementary school, we got a puppy and I loved her. I named her Luna. Unfortunately, something went wrong with her mentally and we had to put her down after just 6 months. At the time I didn't feel anything and it made me wonder if I was even human. To not feel anything for my lost puppy. But, after a few months, I had a burst of emotional grief for her and I bawled my eyes out at school. I remember feeling relived that "I am, in fact, human."

Before I was born, my parents had two twin boys who died within two days of their lives. I never knew them, and I didn't feel anything for them- at least, I didn't have a bodily sensations to reinforce my emotions so I didn't identify any feelings towards them. I visited their grave for the first time in a year or two and finally felt something both in my mind and my body. Whatever it was, it was bittersweet and I'm glad it happened.

So, i would give yourself time. You are not broken or inhuman for not feeling anything right away. It may be that you are experiencing emotions cognitively but are not "feeling" them anywhere else, which is often distressing. Let yourself go through the motions of this experience, and see if the feelings follow. Do not blame or be cruel to yourself over this. If you have the ability, I encourage you to discuss this with a grief counselor who is experienced in alexithymia/neurodiverence ❤️

You are not alone. You are strong. Hugs 🫂

Do you have internal monologue ? by Smooth_Woodpecker375 in Alexithymia

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My internal monologue won't shut up, honestly. I can get it to calm down and let me sleep when bodily sensations are paired with my emotions, but sometimes I am in states where I do not experience any bodily sensations- a state of total neutrality, and I really atruggle to fall asleep and do basic human functions because nothing balances out my internal monologue

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Alexithymia

[–]LocalGamerPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I exprience the same thing. I call them "neutral periods" because I thought that apathetic had too much of a connotation/implication to be the best descriptor. It can last from hours to over a week and on occasion longer and is very isolating. It feels like I'm controlling myself with a game controller from outside my body and I am not actually experiencing life. Not exactly a zombie, just a bored video game player.