A Painful Analogy: A continuation of my exchange with Patrick Mason about disaffected Mormon anger. This one got a bit more raw/real. If you enjoy, please share.

How about as a teenager discovering on accident you were adopted as a baby only days old and your loving parents and family kept the truth from you. They NEVER intended on telling you because they felt god placed you in their home, you were always THEIRS. You're whole identity is stripped from you, you don't know who to trust or believe in anymore, you feel hurt that they couldn't trust or love YOU enough to tell you, you feel unworthy of honesty, and you hate yourself for being YOU. I experienced these same emotions when I was in my forties and discovered church history I was never told (BoA and Polygamy then everything else). Devastated that the ONE and ONLY true church had holes in it/people I loved didn't trust me with information. I was angry, then I blamed myself for not being smart enough to know...I lost my faith in everything (even God). Then family and people who I thought were friends dismissed my concerns and were confused by my reaction. When I was hurting in the darkest of days, they turned their backs on me (stopped talking to me) and cut me off as a trusted friend. Yes it was all MY fault because I believed too much, I searched for the truth, and I trusted too much!

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