Tales of an Anxious Soul

***Trigger Warning*** For whatever reason, I’m still connected to the North Star page. Some of you may be familiar with them. They have been affiliated with conversion therapy in t...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2019/11/lds-north-star-community-conversion.html

When I was still believing that I had to be LDS to be happy and full of joy, I was trying to think of any way possible that I could have kids as an LGBTQ individual and have them sealed to me or ...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2019/11/finding-loopholes-in-lds-gospel.html

So, I went to an LGBTQ inclusive medical office today.  I'll be honest it is still the weirdest feeling for me to be openly accepted and validated as a queer person. I still felt like I had t...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2019/10/dont-bloom-where-you-are-planted.html

Hello fellow humans 😍 As many of you know, I am currently in a two year therapeutic community for drug and alcohol treatment. I'm open about it. I have no shame in the fact that I have needed...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2019/09/burning-religious-books-of-my-past.html

**Rant time**  Dear Latter Day Saint (Mormon) parents,   I know you want the best for your kids. You have been given these "guidelines" for how the perfect family should look, and act. ...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2019/09/letter-to-latter-day-saint-mormon.html

The week of November 4th, 2015, changed the course of my life, the dynamic of my family, and the way I saw the world. The November policy had permanent effects. I have been publicly open about ...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2019/04/response-to-lds-church-anti-lgbtq.html

To whoever stumbles upon this: Let me first start off by saying, I am NOT in conversion therapy, I cant believe people still think I am.  I am in addiction recovery. Homosexuality is NOT an ad...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2019/03/Greetings-From-The-Flipside.html

As most of you have realized, I am still home. I fell a few weeks back and we thought I might have broken one of my ribs. Luckily though it is just soft tissue damage. I am waiting to heal before...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2017/12/nose-candy.html

I thought about making my title “This is Where I Leave You Part II” but I decided against it because I’m not leaving for a permanent period, I’m just going away for a while. I need help. ...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2017/12/convalescing.html

Hello my fellow people of  the inter-web.  As most of us know June kicks of PRIDE season. This is not a protest. It is a celebration. Celebration of life, self love, self expression, and self ...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2017/06/clearing-air-gay-sin-is-not-thing.html

Dear Presidency, I have been a loyal and believing member of the church my whole life up until a few years ago. I am gay, and because of that there is no place for me in this organization. I kn...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2017/02/letter-to-church-presidency.html

You have been a part of my life for nineteen years. This is where I leave you. It was good until it wasn't. I stayed until I felt like death would be better. This is where I leave you. Why do ...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2017/02/this-is-where-i-leave-you.html

The first Sunday in January I was blessed to be able to attend church with my friend Tori. I hadn't been in a while due to my past work schedule. I figured this would be a great way to ring in th...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-prodigal-son-and-father-who-loved.html

Dear church members, and leaders A year ago today I didn't want to go home. A year ago today I showed up to my best friends house in a drunken stupor. A year ago I stayed the night with my best ...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2016/11/god-is-not-mormon.html

Let me first start off by saying how heartbroken the last several months have left me. It started out with my reaction to the Mormon church's exclusion policy. That was the last push I needed. It...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-suicides-they-forgot-my-plea-to.html

ANY NAMES MENTIONED IN THIS POST HAVE BEEN REPLACED:  Some of you may be friends with me on Facebook, and for those of you who are not; I have been posting quite a bit about rape, college rape...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2016/06/your-pain-in-hands-of-their-pleasure_11.html

Recently I received a message from someone in my old singles ward. I thought that it was a question a lot of people may be wanting to ask me and I think I have an answer to it (at least what I th...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2016/05/love-is-not-rocket-science.html

When is one supposed to find themselves? We are born and brought up into families, religions, communities etc. We are taught various ideas and beliefs to then take on into our adult life. What ha...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2016/04/done-living-for-others-solace.html

Several months ago I was introduced to Mission Community Church by my amazing friend Lindsay, and it was so different from what I was used to. Over the course of the last few months we have all a...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2016/03/gods-got-this.html

Honestly I have been a lot happier after coming out, but then for other reasons I have been more confused and paranoid than I have ever felt in my life. I have reverted back to old habits, I have...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2015/08/take-me-to-church.html

I honestly don't know what all I am going to talk about in this post. I just felt like there was more for me to say, and open up about. So with this post I decided to come up with a title and I a...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2015/07/confessions-of-school-boy-misfit.html

Over the last week or so, I have really had to get my thoughts and feelings in line in order to discuss them. On June 30, 2015 the first presidency of the LDS church released a letter in response...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2015/07/from-hate-to-hope.html

For those of you who don't know what it is like to suffer from depression, let me explain it a little further so you can try to understand what its like. According to www.mayoclinic.org , "depres...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2015/06/how-i-overcame-depression-for-time-being.html

I have alot of things running through my mind so this post may jump around a bit. The list of things I want to discuss are the following: The topic of me continuing to occationally blog about any...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2015/06/called-to-serve-not-your-typical.html

Last night was a major turning point for me. While in Tempe with my friend, we were on our way to Jack in The Box when two homeless men pleaded for us to buy them food. They even had some money b...

https://talesofananxioussoul.blogspot.com/2015/05/charity-is-my-medicine-of-choice.html