A mother-of-three has opened up about her 'neglectful' and 'abusive' upbringing in a 'Mormon family riddled with mental illness', lifting the lid on the shocking reality behind the picture-perfect image her parents presented to the church while behind the scenes indulging in drinking, smoking, and swinging. Diana Ragsdale, now 63, from Salt Lake City, , said she thought she would never find 'true happiness' after growing up with her mother, Joyce, who was 'in and out of the psych ward' and her 'delusional and suicidal' father, Ted.She spoke out about her 'abusive and neglectful' childhood in a recent essay for the show, while opening up about how she fled from her 'dysfunctional family' and ultimately quit the Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to make a new life for herself.
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