Distancing boredom then and now

by greendawn 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  greendawn

  What did you do when feeling bored as a JW, was it easy to find outlets of dammed back emotions for frustrated energies? If there was no internet at the time and sex outside marriage was barred and the JW society was hard to penetrate and associate with? I used to go for socialising with "worldly" people purchasing pornography and watching blue movies.

  Now there is no problem there are lots of outlets and boredom is a very distant almost forgotten memory. Socialising, internet which includes IM, voice, or webcam communication, hobbies like cooking, gardening, satellite TV with scores of channels, DVD players and a large film library.
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  greendawn

  The human psyche is such that it creates inner energies and tensions that need to be released otherwise they accumulate and build up inner tension. The key is to know how to relax how to find ways to let out the steam as it were.
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  Crumpet

  Blimey that woke me up! That's a surprise revelation coming from you!

  I still spend my time fighting boredom with the aid of pornography. It works pretty well for me...
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  jaguarbass

  I dont find myself ever getting bored with all the things to do, and technology to do it with. But I do find myself to tired to entertain myself sometimes.
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  Anony-Mouse

  Crumpet....ya single? :P
  
  I get bored some. I'm home all the time and don't work. I hardly ever get to talk to people...
  
  MSN allows me to talk to people every night tho. That's been my major, and basically only release for years. Those poor people that hear me rant :P .
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  greendawn

  Crumpet I had to let out steam being in a boring JW society so pornography was a way. Gone are the days when people had to go to the town centre to watch blue movies and strip tease shows now there are plenty on the internet and cable TV.