conned by the deceased

he/him 17 pimo exmo. i will never "come to my senses"

[filius-perditionis]

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[filius-perditionis]

why do cult leaders in media always gotta be sympathetic and have super tragic backstories and good intents behind the cult

this isn't to say i don't love characters like Fiddleford & Viktor (though idk if Viktor is quite the same yet as im only on Arcane season 2 act 2) where they have good intentions but end up brainwashing people

but i want a cult leader that is money hungry and power hungry and gives victims stupid rules so they'll always be tearing themselves apart trying to appease the one that they think will save them

not because i like irredeemable villains but because i want to be seen

my best examples that i know of are King of Ooo and Horde Prime

[filius-perditionis]

i think being told i would never ever be truly happy if i didn't do exactly what the church said fucked me up as a kid

[filius-perditionis]

why is it always general conference when my family goes on a trip im trapped in a car having to listen to it

[filius-perditionis]

ok some optimism i guess

being raised mormon may suck ass but at least i always win "never have i ever"

[filius-perditionis]

please take cults seriously

they aren't a joke

treating them as a joke can put a target on your back for cult activity

not to mention it makes it even more difficult to be taken seriously as a cult survivor

cults are more common than they seem. there's a chance you've been in a cult without even knowing it. if you realize you have, please be gentle with yourself. it's not your fault.

please

please.please.

please.

[filius-perditionis]

gravity falls fans don't be insensitive to cult survivors challenge GO!!

[filius-perditionis]

watching the people i live with be played like fiddles is the hardest part of general conference

it's so obvious you're nothing but tools and puppets to them why can't you see it? why are you so afraid of thinking for yourself?

[filius-perditionis]

posting my exmo playlist i use to vent & to get out mormon earworms instead of listening to conference

Saint Bernard - Lincoln

Enemy (from Arcane) - Imagine Dragons

Honey I'm Home - Ghost and Pals

Trees - McCafferty

Nights Like These - Pigeon Pit

Body Terror Song - AJJ

Blow My Brains Out - Tikkle Me

Misery Meat - Sodikken

Oh Ana - Mother Mother

Over & Over - Rio Romeo

Sex With A Ghost - Teddy Hyde

Better Than Me - The Brobecks

Mama - My Chemical Romance

Burning Pile - Mother Mother

Sickening - The Oozes

Step On Me - The Cardigans

Christmas Kids - Roar

I Love You Like An Alcoholic - The Taxpayers

Twin Size Mattress - The Front Bottoms

Be Nice To Me - The Front Bottoms

Alien Blues - Vundabar

I Can't Handle Change - Roar

Choke - I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

Just Take My Wallet - Jack Stauber's Micropop

Oh Klahoma - Jack Stauber

I Can't Decide - Scissor Sisters

Body - Mother Mother

Mary - Alex G

No Children - The Mountain Goats

The Judge - Twenty One Pilots

The Family Jewels - MARINA

Last Words Of A Shooting Star - Mitski

I Don't Smoke - Mitski

Liquid Smooth - Mitski

The Other Side Of Paradise - Glass Animals

The Mind Electric - Chonny Jash

Time Machine - Miracle Musical

First Love/Late Spring - Mitski

Tears Over Beers - Modern Baseball

Heavydirtysoul - Twenty One Pilots

Dirty Devil Town - Mother Mother, Cavetown

Problems - Mother Mother

Tongues & Teeth - The Crane Wives

Rule #4 - Fish In A Birdcage - Fish in a Birdcage

2econd 2ight 2eer - Will Wood

Memento Mori: The Most Important Thing In The World - Will Wood

6up 5oh Cop-Out - Will Wood and the Tapeworms

Me And My Husband - Mitski

[growingupmormon]

The history of the church of latter day saints is resplendent with divine experiences

[filius-perditionis]

i would like to ask my sibling if they also have flashbacks because of the mormon church as well but what if they think i am weak minded for being more traumatized by it

i know they would not realistically think that but the anxiety is keeping me from asking

and the reason i want to ask is so silly too. i know they play "cult of the lamb" and i would like to play it but i am afraid it will cause me flashbacks... same with "the binding of isaac" though i do not know if they play that one or not

i am thinking i could compare experiences with other ex mormons here instead maybe? do any ex mormons here play cotl or tboi and do they ever cause flashbacks?

i am afraid that i am very jumpy these days, i have been triggered by the smallest things like childrens shows and it is humiliating

thank you for reading my ramble

[rigormortisorwhatever]

as an ex mormon this joke is extremely appreciated and i cannot believe alex hirsch knew to use that SPECIFIC image. thank you sir

[filius-perditionis]

mormons will tell you that the only person that was ever nice to you in the whole ward is going on a mission and expect you to be happy for them

you're sending her away. the only good thing here. she's barely an adult. she's just another brainwashed kid. why should i be happy? she's going off to be traumatized. how is that a good thing?

[filius-perditionis]

its really fucked up that mormons send out young men (barely even adults) to be as annoying as possible so that they get yelled at to solidify the churches doctrine of "you cant trust anyone outside of the church. if you leave you will never be happy" and call it a mission

[filius-perditionis]

my damned sweet tooth got me dragged to a ward easter party :( you would go too if you smelled those brownies

my main goal is to eat food and then hide

i just hope nobody tries to talk to me

[filius-perditionis]

i want to crawl inside God's skin and live in his arteries

[lupinedreaming-archive]

Last night, two M/ormon missionaries stopped by my house and I was struck by how friggin young they were. If you don’t know, any “worthy” M/ormon boy can put in their papers to serve a missions when they’re 18, and missions last two years for boys. Most leave on their missions right after high school, and these two guys definitely looked like they were 18 or 19.

So I just want to remind people: If you decide to talk to M/ormon missionaries, please don’t be mean to them. Yes, they’re legally adults, but they’re barely out of high school, and the mission is a huge shock to their systems. I never served (girls can put in their papers when they’re 19), but from what I’ve read from ex-Mos, missionaries often struggle with their mental health and the mission is a period of even heavier indoctrination. Restrictions on how often you can call your parents have loosened a bit. You can now call them once a week instead of just calling home twice a year, but that’s still … Not Great. Other behaviors are also heavily restricted.

When you’re M/ormon, you’re often taught that the secular world is scary and will persecute you for believing the Truth, so being mean to a missionary is also going to further reinforce that belief.

I get that having M/ormon missionaries knock on your door can be annoying. I was kinda annoyed to when these kids showed up, but I talked to them for a minute or two and just gently said I didn’t think I was interested in hearing their message, and they respected that and we told each other to have a nice night. If you don’t want to talk to them at all, you can totally just not answer the door and ignore them. But yeah. If you do talk to them, just say you’re not interested and be polite about it. If they get aggressive about it, then sure, push back more firmly, but generally just be nice to the M/ormon missionaries. They’re usually teens thrust into an intense indoctrination environment