Re: to jys124

I went through the same, except with Catholism. My mom is a very devoted Catholic who says she knows she needs to be there. I don't doubt that. But breaking away was very painful. Noone else in my family did, except my oldest brother who just stopped altogether.

I understand the fear of what the stress will do to your mom, my mom is like that too. She doesn't have heart troubles, but she does have emotional/ Depression issues. I let her know about my "change" in beliefs slowly. I simply started doing my own way and let her ask questions when she was ready. It did make it easier. I haven't told her that I plan on staying nondenominational for a while, but she'll ask me about that sooner or later.

Understand that she will be upset, but you need to take care of your spiritual needs too! It's not wrong to go where you are called. For me it was nondenominational, and I got ordained. (I;m not telling mom that at all is I can get away with it! She couldn't handle it at all.) Take this one tiny step at a time, based on what YOU can handle. I started by reading my bible, I really didn't before, and praying differently. I also have a prayer journal where I praise, whine or rant as needed. I've learned that God will listen to you when you can't talk to anyone else. And it helps!

As jys124 has already said, you can survive this. It is possible. jys124 did in Mormonism, and I am in Catholism. So will you.

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