WERE YOU A SICK WITNESS??? (page 2)

AuldSoul

I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome by a practicing Doctor of Internal Medicine (not by a "wellness clinic" style doctor).

Primary causal factor in medically diagnosed cases is—without exception—stress.

Anyone who knew me then can vouch for it. I was in a bad way. But, if you knew me now you'd never guess I'd ever had it. In fact, it went away the week after my disassociation letter was accepted. Even at the worst of my (suicidal) depression I was not as physically wiped out as when I was ill with CFS.

I have had no more joint pains, the constant headache I lived with since age 15 was gone, no more tension through the shoulders, no more roving pains, no more outbreaks of chicken pox or cases of mononucleosis ... gone.

minimus

See.........Being a Jehovah's Witness is sickening.

juni

As JH said I, too, tend to be the nervous sort. Also, I have the tendency towards depression so putting it all together I felt very stressed out and tired.

And those shepherds whom you were to go to for solace gave no help. Only the admonition to be at the meetings where God's spirit was and be active in service so it took your mind off your feeling like crap. Well....it didn't work. I pushed myself so often.

Juni

avidbiblereader

Not to offend anyone who does have a medical condition

I think we were just trying to come up with an excuse to miss those repetative meetings and then they went and had the phone in meeting attendance. I believe we were sick of meeting attendance. How many different ways can you say the same thing? I spent 22 years as witness that is 5720 meetings, 22 conventions, 44 circuit assemblies and countless other meetings with field service, Pioneer school and Elder school. Come on, enough is enough. Yeah I was sick of meetings.

abr

Blueblades

Physically no. Emotionally yes. Elders always telling me how to handle the boys and my wife. This was before I was appointed elder. However, the elders used my family against me and put off appointing me until the co. set them straight. Elder body was mostly belthelites and they did not want local brothers on the good ole' boy's club. Soon we had three local brothers, two with no families and me with the two boys. Then they gave me all the assignments that they did not like to do. Taking the group into Hadsidem Territory etc. Taking care of the elderly, going to the hospital all hours, shepherding ones they had no use for etc. Day time book study. I became very loved and liked by many of the local friends. There is much more to say, another time. All of this weighed emotionally on me over the years. Some times I would have severe anxiety and or panic attacks. Since I faded, all that's over now.

Blueblades

avidbiblereader

Blueblades there is still a record in heaven of your hard labors that didnt get wiped out or go unnoticed, I always enjoyed that kind of work as a shepherd or elder, the parts to me was a contest beteen other elders on how good they sounded.

abr

M.J.

I just realized something ironic.

The JW will go on and on about how "hard" and stressful life is in this wicked system.

When in reality this harshness and stress is actually imposed by the WTS.

WERE YOU A SICK WITNESS???

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