hi guys. i haven’t been posting very frequently on here, let alone making original posts. i don’t think i need to anymore. i turned 18 a few weeks ago, i move out a month from today. i stopped going to church almost two years ago and took my records out shortly after my birthday. i’m getting a tattoo a week from today.
i’m glad i had this space when i did, it was a great place to vent about my life in the church, and meme about old shared experiences that no one else could relate to.
but it gets better. i promise. you’ll get older, you’ll move out, you’ll never have to think about the church again. i know everyone here leads a different life, and for some, all that is easier said than done. your relationship with your parents will improve — or maybe it won’t, and they’ll be dead to you and that’s fine. your relationship with your own body will improve — maybe it’ll take a while, but you’ll get there.
i’ve said this before but members of the mormon church are victims of manipulation and long lines of generational trauma. i know plenty of them do awful things, but most of them are just trying their best. if you’re rude to them, you’re only cementing that stereotype of the mean ex-member who can’t shut up about the church. just be kind, i suppose. you have every right to be upset, but taking that anger out on members is only pushing them further in. it doesn’t do either of you any good
if you’re an adult who hasn’t been to church in years, i recommend trying to just keep it out of your mind altogether. i know there are plenty of reasons to be salty about it for so long, especially if you spent a good part of your adult life in it, maybe got married and had kids in it. but scabs won’t heal if you keep picking at them.
i’m leaving this blog up. i think there are folks younger than me who really need to see some of the stuff on here, who can really connect with it. but i won’t be posting here anymore (maybe the occasional reblog)
i think that’s it, i hope you all heal and have a great life without the church. make some art. be kind. goodbye and thank you for everything <3
