{"id":464,"date":"2009-07-04T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-04T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mormontherapist\/2009\/07\/we-feel-too-embarrassed-to-confide-in-others\/"},"modified":"2009-07-04T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-04T11:50:00","slug":"we-feel-too-embarrassed-to-confide-in-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/mormontherapist\/2009\/07\/we-feel-too-embarrassed-to-confide-in-others.html","title":{"rendered":"We feel too embarrassed to confide in others&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'times new roman'\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">I found your blog yesterday afternoon, and haven\u2019t been able to stop reading.\u00a0 I read every single column, from your latest June 24<span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">th<\/span> column all the way back to your first column on February 26<span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">th<\/span>.\u00a0 It has been riveting, educational, and inspiring to not only see the struggles that people go through, but to have your insight as a faithful <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">LDS<\/span> member and a licensed therapist.\u00a0 That being said, I want to say thank you for such a great blog.\u00a0 It has been bookmarked and I will be visiting it daily.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I think that you are doing a great service, especially in your counsel concerning sexuality and <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\">homosexuality<\/span>.\u00a0 Too often, as <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\">LDS<\/span> members who have been rigidly taught against premarital sexuality, and when many of the inevitable \u201cissues\u201d arise, we feel too embarrassed to even confide in friends, because of the sacredness and intimacy that is involved. It is a very personal thing, and because our culture doesn\u2019t revel in it, many can feel hopeless.\u00a0 I am glad you are doing your service.<\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'times new roman';font-size: 13px\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'times new roman';font-size: 13px\">Thank you so very much for your many positive comments. \u00a0It is always self-gratifying when I get positive feedback that goes in line with what my original hopes for this blog would be. \u00a0The fact that people are finding this outlet useful makes me very happy. \u00a0Thanks again!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found your blog yesterday afternoon, and haven\u2019t been able to stop reading.\u00a0 I read every single column, from your latest June 24th column all the way back to your first column on February 26th.\u00a0 It has been riveting, educational, and inspiring to 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