Being lds is very hard and stressful

I am member of mormon church, since I was 8 years old and I got baptized very young and I was thinking about that until now and every then I go to church when I was little go to primary and when went young woman's on Wednesdays and I quit going and when I get older like now I'll never felt so Trapped and depressed, of course I been so overprotective from being mormon, I say my prayers everyday and every night, every Easter Sunday general conference being on like almost 3 or 4 hours sometimes I get uncomfortable by watching it and telling stories blah blah, hearing their voices cracking, Sometimes my mom gets very angry at me for not watching it with her.

When I pray I just feel cold and dark spirit in my body and i was thinking something is not right and Sometimes I broke down In tears and pouring my heart and soul into them, Sometimes when I got sleep I feel my depression is coming along, lately I just felt very sad and losting alot of faith and my mom gets very angry at me saying satan is controlling your mind and we just get into huge argument and I told her yes I been praying, so Sometimes I go on YouTube to review how Inside temple marriage look like and how the temple looks like, Sometimes I dream that going inside with my family doing scary things inside and I get anxiety attacks in my sleep because I have nightmares.

So I Sometimes I googled stuff about the church history and so come up joesph Smith and Brigham young and so they married bunch of wives and some older woman and some very young girls, I feel sick in my stomach and sad for the young girls like come on leave them alone, rest their souls.

I look up temples, they have hidden symbols around them and I was like in shock and my heart dropped.

What breaks my heart, when these young couples getting married to temple, and their families and friends are not intived.

To see their daughter getting married and their father walking their daughter down the aisle and theres no flowers and bridesmaids and groomsmen.

I feel so sad to see them waiting for them to come out, like it's winter or summer and I was thinking if I get married in temple and I won't let my family wait outside for me to get married and I would broke down for them.

One thing that really upset me that the church history they Baptist dead people

I think they should have respect people who are dead and respect what religion they belong to and their backgrounds.

If I was getting baptized by the lds for the dead, I wouldn't be baptized and I rather be In peace and rest.

What really breaks my heart that the church doesn't like gays and lesbians marriage too, I respect gays and lesbians and they are comfortable in their skin, leave them alone and be happy with their choose their spouses

Not to judge too.

Don't judge people with their skin colors and backgrounds and cultures.

I thought god loves his people each one of his child so much, what gets me to question that where is a heavenly mother at and why she is hidden and I believe that jesus mother is mary and she is mother to her children too.

What really bugs me that when missionaries serve their missions like for the boys two years and the girls 1 year, they can't have cellphones and emails to keep in touch with their families and checking on them and how was life treating them and everything just sad.

When my mom told me I have a heavenly parents I was like thinking was i adopted in spirit world like does god have more wives to get married with fathers and I am like something is not right.

What really breaks my heart, when my mom says you won't get married in this lifetime and you will get married in spirit world and i was thinking and I cry myself to sleep.

Even now I still cry things I don't like being a mormon, and I listen to catholic mass and prayers I feel safe and protected and calm.

When I say my mormon prayers I feel dead inside with someone else mind and body too, I just feel like getting my records removed sometime in the future.

Thanks for understanding me.

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Ay

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It’s supposed to be a relationship with your creator and you can talk to God himself love, keep getting aquatinted with the new and Old Testament, don’t be shy talk to God and he will make himself known to you. It’s an encounter that makes. Huge difference. Let’s chat if you ever need a friend love you! @ayameldougherty

Ay

Ayamel • Jun 10, 2020
I’m Christian, I attend a non denominational church in LA

c

c • Jun 4, 2020
Thanks for understanding me, my question is what is your religion

Bu

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I grew up LDS as well. I did a lot of studying in regards to the church and other Christian denominations. You dig deep enough, you’re going to find things you don’t agree with and can not relate to. If you found a home within the Catholic Church, find comfort in those practices. They have a similar formality to their teachings as the LDS church. I always said if I chose any other Christian denomination is would Catholicism. However God speaks to you and makes you feel safe, makes you feel that spirit ... follow that. It’s okay if those beliefs aren’t your families. It’s okay that they believe in the LDS church. That’s what speaks to them.I feel like the journey with God is very individual. It’s not about what religion is best or the most right. It’s about you and your journey with God. Are you fulfilled? Do you feel it fits and aligns with what your personal relationship with God is? For me, God is all of it. There isn’t one specific religion that someone has to follow. I feel there are many paths and god shows themselves differently on these many paths. This is where my journey took me and that feels safe and that feels like home. I can be in any place and any church and feel safe and home because of that. I can go to church with my parents (who are still LDS), god to church with my sister (who is non-denominational), go with my uncle to a Buddhist retreat, go to a Pagan circle and I can still feel the presence of God at all of it because that is where my journey led me.You have a lot of pain and confusion. Sit down and think about God and what that represents for you. Study different churches. Study different religions. It make take years of searching, but I believe you can find your place and heal the resentment and negativity you hold onto. Good luck.

Ke

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Keep searching for your truth and listen to God...not man. I'm sorry you are sad and hurting. God is a healer and wants you to know his love personally...not bc your family is pushing it in you. Prayers for you!