Dec 8, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Self Worth
Question Hi Gramps! I am a teenager and I don’t feel valuable in the church as a woman. The extreme gender roles in the church make me feel almost sick. I cannot explain how much I have cried and felt worthless because of how unequal I am to the men of...
Dec 3, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Self Worth
Question Gramps, I have some very sincere self image problems. I feel that I am a very unattractive (both facially, and bodily) person. I know that I can improve my body through exercise, but I will still appear, in the mirror, to be “ugly” (for...
Nov 27, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Self Worth
Question Dear Gramps, I am 21 and already worrying about whether I will ever find a husband. I converted a year ago and haven’t made connections to my ward members (my ward is tiny and has a lot of turnover). I’m overweight and I’ve never...
Nov 6, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Self Worth
Question Gramps, I have indulged in pornography in the past (mainly as a teenager), and have since ceased from it and repented. Now, as a young adult, I feel that I shouldn’t date other LDS singles because of my past. I think a lot of young LDS women...
Mar 11, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Self Worth
Question Hey Gramps, I have a friend who has had bad experiences with men and priesthood leaders in the past, which has made it hard for her to open up to bishops, and men in general. She has been doing better recently, but even the fact that Jesus and Heavenly...
Feb 8, 2019 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Repentance, Self Worth
Question Gramps, I have committed a medium serious sin and am doing well in the repentance process but I’ve always had this dark feeling that I’ll never make it to heaven and that I’m not a real disciple of the Lord that takes control of my life. Received...
Jun 29, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Self Worth
Question Gramps, My growing up years were spent in an area that was not the best of environments. Lots of gangs, drugs, violence and anything else you can think of. This is what I grew up around. My parents were once active LDS but have slid into some of the...
Jun 22, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Self Worth
Question Gramps, I have an Anxiety Disorder, OCD, and a few phobias. All have to do with fear. If Satan makes us fear, are my mental illnesses just a creation of Satan’s? Did I get these because I’m not worthy enough? I thought fear is what kept us...
Jun 11, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Self Worth
Question Gramps, I have avoidance personality disorder. My whole life I’ve been labeled as shy and introverted and could never make a real connection with anybody. Not even members of my own family. Because of it I was never able fulfill pretty much...
May 29, 2018 | AAAA AskGramps Website, Life's Lessons, Self Worth
Question Gramps, What can I say to my son who comes home crying after every scouting event? He is home schooled and every scout in his troop is rude to him. Yesterday he tripped while hiking and one of the older scouts called him a dirty name. He gets along...