found that 73 percent of the participants in her survey suffered from feelings of failure and that two-thirds felt discomfort in social settings due to their early releases. Fewer than half (46 percent) felt confident stating “I’m a returned missionary,” and 44 percent felt uncomfortable answering questions about their missions. Forty percent felt pressured to go back out, 37 percent reported adverse effects on their dating lives, and only 37 percent said they felt connected to those who completed their missions successfully. Dr. Doty-Yells’s study is filled with accounts of shaming—by
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