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SacrificialLoon

Welcome.

Ive already been given perculiar sheepish looks and glances from former good friends at the shops and feel really quite sad that thats how I would have reacted. I would have been scared of me too.

It is an odd empathetic perspective you get, but it's good to realize that most are victims of this conditioning just as we were, or still are to some extent. Of course there are some ignorant people or just plain jerks (like that elder perhaps), but for the most part they're just people caught up in a strange religion. Better to feel pity than anger I think.

only me

Hi Wary!

troubled mind

Welcome Wary

Your story is similar to mine . Born and raised as a witness had some doubts ,but never wanted to look at "those internet " sites . Then when my witness mother and sister needed major heart surgery's I did deeper research on the blood and ended up looking at AJWRB . After seeing the information there was so reasonable it gave me courage to look at Freeminds and then here .

Glad you found your way here also .

Bubblie

Hello and welcome Wary. Hope you find what you are looking for in out here in the real world. There are many new ones on here that is refreshing. We don't even mind if you bring up all the stuff the rest of us have asked as we left. Just how big of and elder was your Dad? LOL

Kit

wary

Thanks for the warm welcome,

Its weird and encouraging that others have had similar experiences.

Where Im at now:

Im angry that Ive wasted my time beleiving I had the Truth.

Im angry I didnt even consider a real career.[ I have a menial trade job and used to draw comfort from the fact{fallacy} that it was only temporary.]

It erks me the time Ive wasted in 'kingdom activities' working on QBs and FS. I always hated knocking. It is a waste of time as no one is ever home and when they are they think your from a crazy cult and you allow your children to die. I could have had a hobby or studied something other than the bloody bible!

Im livid that If the situation had occured I may have refused my family nessecary medical assistance.

Im angry at myself for never having the balls to examine the details and let myself be led.

I wish those witnesses never came to my parents door and convinced them1975 was the end and so changed the course of my life!

Ive read CoC and other books in download format and was amazed at how the GB operate.

I should have chosen Mr Angry as an avatar or maybe Danny H

wary

Farkel

wary,

You'll be just fine. It takes time, that's all. Anger is fine for now if that helps you cope. I've been there. I know. Even tried serial killing for a while, but I finally calmed down and now only kill in moderation.

Farkel

garybuss

Welcome!

I had two idiot elders call on me after I had not attended a group meeting for 9 years. I gave them 10 questions and they could not answer even one. Nine years later I called one of em up to see how they were doing on my 10 questions and they still had no answers. I call them idiots because they fit the definition in a most comprehensive way.

The Witnesses made the mistake of taking everything away from me that they could. That left me in the interesting position of having nothing to lose by going public with my disgust with the Witness people and their offensive behaviors.

I've found it's never too late to get out of a bad deal.

LockedChaos

Welcome

No Fears!!

Keep Thinking

independent_tre

Welcome wary,

I'm sure someone has written about the 'withdrawal stages' that comes with leaving a high pressure group. It always seems to start with doubt. Once I was convinced of the fallacy of that belief system, I felt as if my foundation was gone, as if the rug were pulled from beneath my feet. Then I was angry... angry about all the wasted time, angry at feeling duped. Angry wishing that I could have had more normalcy in my childhood. Somewhere along the line comes acceptance. A poster here coined the term ex-ex JW, when you are no longer concerned with anymore "new light" or any more of their ever-changing "truth". At that point you want to just enjoy new things, mend old relationships, and just move the heck on. I feel /hope like I'm moving toward that point fairly quickly. I don't think these stages are discreet, maybe not even in that order. But once you leave mentally, there's always hope.

Take care and take some time to digest and deal with everything that has happened. This site will be here, Thank God.

ThomasCovenant

Hi Wary and welcome

You said

Im angry at myself for never having the balls to examine the details and let myself be led.

Anyway, Its good to talk and speak to those that understand, theres no one else that would get it is there!

That's exactly how I felt/feel.

This site is important for those who want a release from the anger.

Listen to Farkel and garybuss. I strongly recommend looking at the 'Best Of' section and look up Farkel. You'll feel better.

Thanks

Thomas Covenant

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