Interesting snapshots from the current WT Page

by Mincan 9 Replies latest jw friends

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  Mincan

  

  I can tell you what post-traumatic stress disorder is. It is the intense feelings of anguish you experience after a terrible experience. Say having your entire life stolen from you. When the WT figures out what to do to help, it will be too late, because they won't exist anymore.

  Why do you hurt yourself? I can tell you. It's because you are taught that everything is a sin and that God is so personal he is right inside your head all the time, no wonder you are extremely introverted and introspective and lack any social ability to create or maintain meaningful relationships outside the cult so you cut yourself.
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  Sparkplug

  OH HELL NO! They did not GO THERE...Freaking insult to injury...A55holes.
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  steve2

  Then again, it's about time the Watchtower acknowledged what happens in the real world: People who have been raised in invalidating environments and have not been taught how to safely regulate their emotions may be prone to cutting themselves in order to regulate their emotions.
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  Shepherd Book

  Which issue is this from? And would it be possible to see a scan of the whole article?
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  flipper

  Man, what idiots. Do they go on to say that ptsd is caused by interacting with the outside world? We all know what you can do for it, right? More service work, pray more, stay off the internet. I'm gonna hurl now...... mrs flipper
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  Blueblades

  They appointed a brother, who has post traumatic stress disorder,to the position of Elder. As long as he takes his meds, he can cope.

  Blueblades
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  iveseenthelight

  So what? teh society are a bunch of psychologists now are they? Dealing with peoples mental health? Haven't they f*cked around with people enough. they need to stay away from subjects they obviously know nothing about...
  
  I might have to steal a copy from my mum this evening. If I do I'll try scanning it. Then burn it or use it to wipe my bum.
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  dobbie

  Its on the watchtower website i just read the one on self harm. Bl**dy idiots, i got baptised and married too soon and spent the first two years cutting my arms, the thing is i was fine until i joined up and got wed! Then to have my new hubby saying i was mental and had satan in me etc, plus mil telling everyone i was a demented psychopath didn't actually help much. I had no help from anyone i was just avoided as a mental case. Also apparantly it was 'pagan' as its mentioned in the Bible as some pagans cutting themselves or something, well that really helped make me feel better! At least although i don't agree with all of the article cos i didn't do it because of outside pressures, it was because i was so trapped and unhappy, at least the are mentioning the fact so they might act kinder towards ones in similar situations, maybe..
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  Mum

  Have they NO shame?!
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  Homerovah the Almighty

  How redundant is it for a group of uneducated psychopathic morons like the GB members of this organization to take on and address this deep psychological problem.

  It's like a child in grade school trying to explain quantum physics.