JWs and the lack of high emotional states (page 2)

greendawn

I always thought of them as people who believe that they have great spiritual and emotional depth but are in fact extremely shallow, their spirituality is cheap and leads nowhere. Doing some preaching doesn't amount to much, they, as many others, lack real commitment to spiritual principles.

wednesday

I'll neverr forget the day I realized

I had no emotions

I had no feelings

I had no opinions that did not start with"the wts says"

that was when I was in my 20's and experiencing a lot of dissocaition.

I began to just ask mysel f"how do I really feel about this-" and what I found out was amazing, I didn't agree with the wts on hardly anything. But I had to keep it so myself then, to afraid to express my new freedom.

It took quite a number of years to find a way out, therapy being my route.

If it were not for a skilled therapist, who listened to me say"but the wts say" "the elders say" I'd never have made it out.. He finally (after 3 years) broke through their power and I began to stop saying "the wts say" and I began to see I had my own thoughts. I will never forget that day. And I won't forget him.

darkuncle29

So, how do you untrain the feeling of numbness? I'm in a relationship and though things are great, I still can't feel joy or even feel loved. I wish that I could take an active, deliberate part in unfreezing my heart. Great topic.

EAGLE-1

Reminds me of the film Equilibrium . The people are like jdubz but with guns and government controlled emotions via drugs instead of the godtower.

I had to control my emotions while I was in the org . My hatred for them was extreme .....Almost Postal....

lisaBObeesa

Great post. SO true. And it is so wierd...I have often wondered about it...the almost fear of emotions. I guess maybe not having emtions makes it easy to not listen to your heart. Maybe not having emotions cuts us off from ourselves and makes us easier to control.

evergreen

ithinkisee,
if i was a gorilla , you'd be a babe!!!!!!

Quandary

Excellent post!! Very eloquently expressed. I see exactly what you are talking about within my family. My parents, both well educated, intelligent people have slowly, progressively lost interest in anything non jw related! They used to love to travel, go to musuems to see the latest exhibitions, go to the movies, the theatre, the opera. Both of them were always reading some interesting book aside from the plythora of Watchtower publications. Ever since 9/11, all they can focus on is how "close" we are to the "END"! They have lost their spice for life, nothing else matters other than their "theocratic routine"! It sickens me to see them finally succomb to the WTS. This will NOT happen to me. Although still "in" (not for long) I love life and ALL it has to offer, and I will live my life just as God intended, exercising my free will!

Q

jwfacts

I was emotional and demonstrative as a teen/20's so was looked on with great suspicion by the some of the brothers, even though i spent 7 years in full time service.

I found i was always followed by fear's little sister; guilt.

under_believer

Here's part of the emotion-suppression propaganda:

***w93 8/15 p. 22 par. 19 Let Your Self-Control Exist and Overflow ***
We have dealt primarily with one aspect of self-control, controlling our emotions. And that is a key area because failure to control our emotions can lead to losing control of our tongue, our sexual impulses, our eating habits, and many others aspects of life where we must display self-control. (1 Corinthians 7:8, 9; James 3:5-10) Take courage, though, for you can improve in maintaining self-control.

ballistic

I saw an open air baptism on BBC NEWS 24 the other day. I don't know what the religion was but I couldn't place my finger on why it was so different, even brought a smile to my face as a non-believer. And when I read that I realised what it was, the huge genuine smiles and cheering and everyone laughing and happy.

JWs and the lack of high emotional states

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