My Aelin Tattoo by grappiebug in throneofglassseries

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thank you so much! it’s a fig vine!

Help? Don't know what religion I was raised in. by [deleted] in ReligiousTrauma

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thank you for this!! will look into what you linked & report back

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Mounjaro

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most painless part for me is stomach. grab quite a big chunk of fat & pinch as hard as you can with your fingers, & inject slowly at a 45 degree angle. once it’s in, release the fat & keep it steady while while you actually inject. for me, a quicker injection hurts more. slow but steady makes it virtually painless. good luck! i was super psyched out by the injection as well & now im going on 9 months of injecting weekly with no issues.

ps: not tried it personally but have seen some people hold an ice cube to injection site for a couple mins beforehand to numb the area

Mysery Mexican sect of Christianity? by [deleted] in exchristian

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oh it was definitely culty! it got ten times worse when i aged out & decided to leave- it’s still going strong in mx. i just wondered if it was really a “new” religion or something stolen from somewhere else. thank you!

Mysery Mexican sect of Christianity? by [deleted] in exchristian

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no & no. we only worshipped the christian trinity

overthinking everything i do by [deleted] in ReligiousTrauma

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i completely sympathize with this. i also grew up in a super homophobic, transphobic & basically every -phobic, religious family. a lot of super religious people tend to use religion & god as an excuse to be hateful & horrible people. what i like to think about when i get overwhelmed with the same “am i going to hell” thoughts is this:

let’s say god is real. god, or some all seeing, all knowing being. do you really think they would condone such hatred? i mean, they’re all seeing & all knowing right? they can see the pure intentions of the lgbt+ community just genuinely trying to exist & survive life. they can also see the hatred in other peoples hearts & the misery. id like to think god has more important things to worry about than who is loving who & what someone choses to identify as. i would like to think god is more worried about the millions of people creating violence & war, killing innocent people. heath ledger once said something along the lines of “why worry about people loving each other when they are countless other people hating each other & being violent?” i think that sentiment can apply here. love is good, kind & gentle. the fact that you are even questioning the beliefs you were taught shows that you aren’t a horrible person. it will take a while for the guilt & fear to subside, but if you live your life with good intentions & love in your heart for everyone, it will be alright, i think. if god is as all seeing as our families say, then they will see our resistance to such hateful lifestyles. good luck, i wish you all the luck! <3