This is an excellent idea! And, you are a good choice to write this!
You have some very good ideas of your own, on this board. If anything, you give me ideas, and not the other way around. (It is too late at night, anyway.)
BEYOND MORMONISM--I love that! This means that there is a lot to life besides the cult, that we can rise above the lies and brainwashing, and move on with our lives!
I have been writing down, in my personal journal, the lies, the wrong thinking patterns, the wrong attitudes, and the wrong behaviors that Mormon brainwashing has crippled me with. I am very specific about each point. It is necessary, because these life-long bad habits are tricky to overcome. Then, along side the bad ideas, I write rebuttals to each one. This is where the light begins go on in my head.
Yes, please write an essay about RIGHT thinking/behavior/feelings/behaviors. Our TBM parents have only shown us the wrong way, and in order to recover, we need to re-parent ourselves. "out with the old, in with the new."
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