I Was Raised in a Conservative Cult. Now I’m Terrified of the One Thing I Want Most.

How to Do It It really messed me up. July 18, 202612:00 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by AaronAmat/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, I was raised out West in a very conservative sect of a conservative religion (our sect would qualify as a cult if it wasn’t technically still under the umbrella of the larger group). My ex-wife and I married within this group very young, and had three miscarriages and three children by the time we were 25. During the postpartum period after our third child, my wife had a psychotic break and left the family. She moved a