tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23563380.post9104000278998917794..comments2023-10-02T00:28:29.335-07:00Comments on Gay LDS Actor: I Wouldn't Go BackGay LDS Actorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17841236084753512311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23563380.post-32710417682510441202011-01-18T02:15:13.426-08:002011-01-18T02:15:13.426-08:00Thanks for your comments and thoughts. I really a...Thanks for your comments and thoughts. I really appreciate them.Gay LDS Actorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841236084753512311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23563380.post-40723572878801023922011-01-17T07:10:19.216-08:002011-01-17T07:10:19.216-08:00This is a great post...
I loved this part: "...This is a great post...<br /><br />I loved this part: "Therapy helped remind me that God already knows the deepest parts of ourselves, even the parts we wouldn't necessarily want anyone else to know."<br /><br />I remember the moment when God reminded me of this himself, when I was on my knees pleading for God to help me in a small student apartment in Helsinki, Finland in 1986. That moment changed my life.<br /><br />I was talking about reparative therapy with a friend last night, and was talking about how others I've spoken with have also felt it was not all bad.<br /><br />But I too have found <i>extremely annoying</i> how folks coming from this perspective what to force everybody's experience into that "distant father, domineering mother" mold. I had a talk with this guy once who wanted to insist that even though I always had a very close relationship with my dad, that my dad must have "rejected me" somehow -- otherwise I wouldn't be gay. He said something ridiculous about how maybe it would have been something as subtle as how my father held me when I was a baby... I realized at that moment, there was no talking about this with this person because he had decided he knew what "caused" homosexuality, and he was determined to force everyone into that mold.John Gustav-Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23563380.post-44927331527162815282011-01-16T13:53:37.469-08:002011-01-16T13:53:37.469-08:00I wonder why it is that therapist's try to pus...I wonder why it is that therapist's try to push the Daddy and Mommy issues. I was absolutely convinced that the reason I was having sex with my best girlfriend was because I lacked a decent relationship with my Mommy. While that's true about the relationship, I was NOT looking for a mommy figure to fix everything. I'm a lesbian! I would love women whether or not I had a good nurturing mother.<br /><br />You've learned a lot on your journey and I appreciate reading about it. Thanks for sharing!Kelly slash FindingMyWayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11595485322159525052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23563380.post-27335994931491471742011-01-16T09:40:29.367-08:002011-01-16T09:40:29.367-08:00Good for you! I can't say what I went through...Good for you! I can't say what I went through was every really "Reparative Therapy". It certainly wasn't what you experienced, but part of me is thankful for being able to give a voice and a name to thoughts and feelings, as you mentioned. Take the good and learn from the bad...Nice post.Dad's Primal Screamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807184528508955936noreply@blogger.com