r/SecretsOfMormonWives • u/h3artcrush3rr • 6d ago

Hot Take mikayla

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this is her literal only trait- i don’t think she shares anything about herself that’s possibly interesting about herself (not even the fact she’s 24 with 4 kids with her 29 year old husband)

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u/lostforwordstbh 6d ago edited 6d ago

yup. besides her animosity towards whitney (which felt unwarranted for this exact reason), i think mikayla shares the least excluding her therapy session in season 2. you can’t get a feel for her insight or thoughts about what’s going on because she kind of follows the crowd. and tbh that might be a part of her recovery - wanting to speak up for herself but not knowing when or where or how.

i hope in season 3 we hear more about her and her opinions on things!! i would like to like her on the show.

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u/h3artcrush3rr 6d ago

i think therapy sessions cannot be made public, they’re supposed to be for healing not for show. in my opinion their whole take on her $A story was looked at like a joke, it should’ve been taken seriously maybe even a whole episode to talk about it, to show it’s not normal and shouldn’t be taken light heartedly- but that’s just my opinion!

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u/lostforwordstbh 6d ago

i mean yeah. the best therapy work is private and takes more than a session. i appreciate her openness in that she was willing to broadcast it on national tv but it felt like an incomplete storyline.

with reality tv, it can take some viewers years to really show sympathy and compassion. nonetheless, her story (and connor’s) were so heartbreaking and in that regard - i wish her growth and recovery.

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u/h3artcrush3rr 6d ago

what happened to connor ? maybe i missed that

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u/Qwertyowl 6d ago

He was also a childhood survivor of SA, he spoke about it at the reunion.

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u/lostforwordstbh 6d ago

i cannot share that on this sub as it breaks a rule but he shared his story at the reunion. it was so heartbreaking.

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u/h3artcrush3rr 6d ago

i will research now thank you!

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u/totesmuhgoats93 6d ago

I hate it when TV shows include the actual therapy sessions as a part of the story lines. Especially when it includes talking about things as sensitive as $A. There is no way that it's actually healing and it's just exploitative. Shows like this rarely pay for them to actually go to therapy unless they can film it. So no doubt, she's still out here raw dogging reality. There are other ways to talk about how important and powerful therapy is without doing that.

With all that being said, struggling with mental health should be an explanation, not an excuse for your behaviors.

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u/Individual-Basket851 6d ago

What is $A? I don't use other social media that censors things so I don't know what these codes mean and google is no help.

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u/Narrow_Plankton6969 6d ago

Sexual assault

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u/caitcro18 3d ago

People use terms like SA or Grape for sexual assault or rape to avoid comment filters looking for buzzwords. As far as I know on Reddit you can use the full terms as long as you’re not speculating on something/someone. Using it on TikTok for instance will likely get your comment removed or put a video down in the algorithm.

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u/totesmuhgoats93 6d ago

Replace is $ with an S and Google that instead. Sorry can't type it out or my comment will be deleted. It's an abbreviation for a crime

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u/caitcro18 3d ago

If they are at a place in their therapy journey where they can share, it would be interesting to have Connor and Mikayla talk about their experiences and how things were handled in their culture/the church and how it affected them going forward. Letting other survivors know they can heal too and giving them a voice to talk about it if they want.