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Bit of a personal one for ya 🥀

For those curious as to what religion, I grew up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints, aka Mormon.

I was IN IT. I'm not exaggerating when I say that religion was apart of my life almost everyday single day up until I left at 23 yrs old.

I sketched this comic a year ago before I came out to my parents. I hadn't yet processed why simply thinking of doing so upset me so much, despite knowing my parents would be supportive.

I did end up telling them soon after sketching this. It went better than I thought it would. They told me all that matters is that I'm happy 😭

I'm almost 30 now. Left the church 5+ yrs ago. It's been wild seeing how 'the world' is, how normal people are. Everyone isn't a degenerate like the Church made non-members seem. There's a lot of de-programing I've had to do and boy does it make me realize how weird I grew up, how odd some of the teachings and mindsets are.

Like I said in the comic, the faith taught me good stuff too ... but I'm glad I left ... I never felt like I truly belonged in it. There was always this part of me that never meshed, no matter how long I'd been in it.

Thank you to anyone who read this far. I could go on and on about this topic but I'll leave it at this. Let me know if this resonated with any of you. I'm curious how common it is.

Here is mine,

I didn’t know what I was doing but I think it turned out great. Thank you for tagging me. I went with a preppy girl cause my parents raised me that way and these are I wished I could have but I know my parents would say no. So think of it as a merge between my family want and my wants.

Tagged in this adorable picrew thingie by @softlyspector 🥰 this is me if I finally got to go to witch school. Also on a Tuesday. The hat is really the only addition.

Tagging @anairbri @lowlights @oonajaeadira aaand @haylzcyon ok love u babies byeeeee