Do You Have Any Mixed Emotions Since Leaving The Witnesses?

minimus

I don't necessarily look back bitterly over everything I've missed. I feel no desire, no missing of the 'friends", the "Organization", the "Brotherhood". I've accepted that life goes on and I must learn from the past.

R.F.

I'm trying to only look forward to what life has to offer outside the religion.

Sure, I hate that i've wasted this much time(though extremely short compared with the decades many of you have lost in the religion) but i'm glad I was so young when realizing this and now have a alot of time to enjoy my life, hopefully.

Honesty

The only regret that I have is that my family didn't escape with me.

REBORNAGAIN

Mixed emotions? Not at all. Over the 30 years I was with them, I never REEEEEEEALLY took everything as factual, but still tried my best to be a accepted by God and the Borg of course. I always felt vulnerable to going astray because there were little things that annoyed me plus I wanted to do certain things, not bad things, mind you, but rather, things that I felt were actually ok. So over those 30 yrs. when things got me even more annoyed, my level of vulnerability kept increasing, so was my sense of fading. Then when I got DF, it was like, "Yes, I finally made it to the exit door and didn't even have to do anything bad to get there!"

LINDA

minimus

I don't EVER 2nd guess my position. I KNOW that JWs are full of sh*t.

Finally-Free

I miss all the fine counsel and reprimands. I haven't been counseled in over 4 years, and I'm beginning to become arrogant and "puffed up" with pride because I ~~think~~ know I'm perfect.

W

AWAKE&WATCHING

I just posted a topic about my meeting with the elders last night.

I miss my friends that I know truly care about me and I miss feeling like I am able to tell them the truth about how I feel.

I have a lot of mixed feelings.

Not because I believe it IS the truth, but because I wish that I didn't have to lose these people. Even though their love is conditional, I don't blame them, I blame the brainwashing.

lfcviking

The only emotional feelings i have are with my Mother who is in the Org and my Brother who is currently having a bible study. I feel sad for both of them especially my Mother because i can't ever see her leaving it and so is trapped & imprisoned by it. Hopefully my Bro will suddenly wake up one day and see that its all a load of crap and get out of it before its too late.

4digitcode

a ex jw friend of mine from my old congregation told it to me like this:

i said " don't you ever miss the brothers we knew?"
he said "yeah...kind of like the way i miss my friends from high school. I miss them but wouldn't go back to high school to be with them.
I said 'that's an interesting way of looking at it.'
He said ' when it was time i just left.like graduation.'
I said 'well i was kicked out!!'
he said ' good for you. disfellowshipped. that's like graduating with honors!!'

minimus

And I don't want to come back for a reunion!

Do You Have Any Mixed Emotions Since Leaving The Witnesses?

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