u/Equal-Initial9522

Hey all first thanks for being such a great community I feel so seen and understood here. Also I'm sorry if this is a grammatical nightmare. So I was the middle child of 5 and we were raised intensely Mormon home schooled. Yes it's as radical and extreme as it sounds. One of the first lessons I can ever remember from my mother was on "The Homosexual" she told us things like they are evil people who are never loyal to their partners. They do drugs and drink to a non-functional level. They have more domestic violence cases than any other demographic. I was about 5-7 ish don't remember exactly the age. I knew right after that lesson I was one of these people she was talking about. I started rejecting the church pretty young from there. Making me the black sheep who was put down a lot more than the rest of my siblings.

This sent me into a spiral of fear and self hatred that followed me into my 20s. My first marriage was to a woman who ended up abusing me for the short time we were married, go figure. I was able to finally come out to myself and fix my life with rehab in my late 20s. Now I have a son who I have full custody of and I've been married to the love of my life for the last 7 years, she is an incredible trans woman who has absolutely changed my life for the better. I'm an artist now who has an incredible family.

I would love to hear any of your experiences escaping from the cult.