#391 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,4
I was about 14 years old, I was forced to go to church by my mom. I decided to try and be more active and more involved. I wanted to…
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Legend for Consequences Suffered (CS):
- Inappropriate shame and guilt
- Childhood self-loathing
- Adulthood self-loathing
- Normalizing children to sexual questions by adult men. (Grooming)
- Sexual abuse. (Pedophilia)
- Impaired sexual relations after marriage.
- Years of recovery from childhood shaming. Often lasting decades.
- Suicide Ideation
- Attempted Suicide
- Suicide of a loved one or friend.
#392 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9
As I have started to read the stories others have shared, I decided I should share mine. I grew up in a divorced household, primarily living with my mother. I…
#393 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,7,8
My stake president wanted to meet with me in advance of going to the temple for baptisms for the dead. I’d known him my entire life and lived around the…
#394 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,7
I was sexually abused as a primary sunbeam (age 4-5) by my primary teachers during sunday school lessons (a husband and wife). There was at least one other girl with…
#395 Alice D. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
I was a hyper-sexual child who didn’t know the word masturbating until five or six years after I’d started having regular orgasms. I started cutting myself as I learned about…
#396 Name Hidden. CS: 1,3,7,8,9. Other: Marrying abusive men
I was in Junior High, and struggling. I already didn’t believe in the church. Which put me at odds with my Dad. My sibling had an illegitimate baby, which brought…
#397 R. Mark. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7
Growing up in the church I was frequently asked about masturbation. The cumulative doctrine during my formative years was very clear that this was a sin of the highest severity.…
#398 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3
At age 12, I was so excited to be ordained a deacon. The Bishop brought me into his office. I don’t remember anything from that interview except that he asked…
#399 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2
I joined the church when I was 18. I had an interview with my Bishop and he asked me if I engaged in Bestiality. I was so offended by this…
#400 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,6
I grew up being exposed to sexual activities and situations from my neighborhood peers, starting at a very young age. I always felt shame around things I had been exposed…
#401 Preslie P. CS: 1
When I was about 21 I was repenting for premarital sex to go on a mission. _______, who I guess is a leader in the Boy Scouts now, asked me…
#402 Name Hidden. CS: 2,3,5,6,7
I was sexually abused by an uncle when I was three. He made me touch his penis. We were in the same ward growing up and he was later called…
#403 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
There was a time a little girl was happy, at least she tried to pretend she was, because she did not know what was going on.
#404 Michelle. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
As a young 13 year old girl, this was a very uncomfortable, if not traumatizing situation for me speaking to an older man about my sexual “transgressions.” This, in combination…
#405 Name Hidden. CS: 1,6,7
My mother taught me that it was wrong to touch my private parts. I was afraid to sin and was very careful not to ever touch myself, even as a…
#406 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3
When I was 16, I was sure I was in love with my boyfriend. Evenings were spent cuddling watching tv. As often happens the line kept being crossed, just a…
#407 Michael D. CS: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
I’ve written about a hundred pages worth of material trying to figure out what I want to say and get it down to something less than a thousand words. This…
#408 Name Withheld. CS: 1,2,3,4,6,7,8
My mother was inactive LDS growing up. My dad was of another faith. I didn’t go to church often, but would at times go play basketball with neighborhood friends who…
#409 Name Hidden. CS: 1,4
I was a teenager in the LDS church in the late 70s and 80s. My parents never had “the talk” with me or told me anything about human sexuality. We…
#410 Name Hidden. CS: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8
I was sexualized when I was 14 by an adult female, “Helen”. She was in her mid-20s. At the same time I was also given drugs——not a soft drug, like…