Even if you have requested “no contact”, the local Bishop, Stake President, Relief Society President, Home Teachers, Visiting Teachers and other Ward Members may and most likely will try to contact you.
You will most likely be “love bombed”, which is the act of anonymously placing food (cookies, cakes, breads) on your doorstep with notes stating how much you are loved, and how much t hey miss you.
Be prepared for all of this. You can either ask them to mind their business, or even create your own statement to read them. Realize anything you say that is against the Church, its doctrine or its leaders will be considered "Anti-Mormon" and you will either be ignored or your information not processed.
If you have been in a local Ward for a number of years, be prepared for a backlash. Many who resign are ostracized by their neighbors, and even by co-workers who are Mormon. You may find yourself outright rejected, ignored and uninvited. Friendships you once had with Mormon neighbors may abruptly terminate.
Don't be frightened or intimidated. Think back to being a Mormon, and realize this is how you were taught. You were taught to fear and loathe those who fell away or those that would not “receive the true light of Christ”, and other terms.
Be strong, be prepared. You can get through this and move on with your life.
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