In reading these replies it's interesting to me that you can be physically out of the org and not mentally out of it and vice versa. Leaving the org is really more of a mental choice. In some ways, I still feel like a prisoner of the org because I'm still so easily triggered by what happened within it. Reading through these responses has given me a deeper epiphany, that I can stop letting all this crap get to me whenever I want to. I guess I didn't know I could do that. I'm gonna test that hypothesis and see what happens. Probably easier said than done, but I'm gonna play with it anyhow.
tall penguin
When Did You Know You Could?
by tall penguin 11 Replies latest jw friends
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tall penguin
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kwintestal
I knew I could from my teens when I was disfellowshipped. But, I was still mentally enslaved. Knowing that you can and mentally being able to do so are two different things altogether though. It wasn't until I was mentally able to do so that I could.
Of course, there's always those damn emotional responces that get in your way, but I think that's what keeps a lot of people in. They have to put their emotions aside when they go through the logic of what they're doing.
Don't let the stuff get to you? Easier said then done but something to try.
Kwin