I always hear (on this forum) that people's panic attacks and other similar maladies go away completely after they stop going to the meetings, and more importantly stop being under the control of what they thought to be "the truth".
Did anyone in your congregation have "perfume allergies"?
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no more kool aid
Yes I have known several of them, that sit in the library and gasp and wheeze. One sister wanted to go out in service but she had to pre arrange a group that was willing to forgo perfume, spritz, makeup,bath oil, even deodorant. Well I figured if I could give up my life for my brother, I could smell and look like an old goat for a few hours. At last I was rejected for my toenail polish (formalyde apparently).
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Hittman
I listened to some thing on NPR the other day about "afflictions" such as those. They affect middle class, middle aged white women significantly more than any other group. This particular group seems to need some type of drama in their life, so it seemed from what the guest speaker had to say on NPR. Not a ton of money to do the activities that they really want to do and not poor enough to not have time for fakey illnesses (middle class); it seems to be less-than-fufilled, middle aged women that get these afflictions.
It's called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, and is an entirely imaginary disease.
http://www.davehitt.com/june00/sents.html
My favorite hypochondriac story comes from an MCS "sufferer" who always gets her "illness" in any conversation by the second paragraph. She told me that when the dentist told her she had gingivitis, she flossed so much she got carpal tunnel syndrome.
I would very much like to be gracious and say I hope you never develop the "rot" of environmental sensitivities.
You mean the rot of extreme hypochondria?
But with your attitude I think it would be very good for you. You may develop some human feeling, perhaps even a little empathy for people who suffer as do those with environmental sensivities.
Every once in a while a some group of "sensitives" stumbles on that article of mine and I get a rash of e-mails that say the exact same thing. Do you all use the same template?
I was allergic to the old JW women who bathed in lavendar perfume..The upside was,it kept away flys and mosquito`s..
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yesidid
You poor ignorant soul.
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beksbks
I can't quite tell what the general consensus here is, but if you think there are people out there JW or not, who are not very sensitive to chemicals/perfumes, think again.
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Kudra
Here is some actual medical information about "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity"...
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Kudra
...I have to admit... I was in my Patchouli phase at the time those sisters were developing their "sensitivites"
... and I refused NOT to wear it! (cause I knew they were full of poo) What a brat I was! Tee hee!
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Blithe Freshman
Getting to middle age brings on many health problems. 40 is the age for allergies and asthma to begin , told this by my pulmonary specialist.
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yesidid
...I have to admit... I was in my Patchouli phase at the time those sisters were developing their "sensitivites"
... and I refused NOT to wear it! (cause I knew they were full of poo) What a brat I was! Tee hee!
So you really thought that was funny?
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noni1974
Yes my mother. I was not allowed to wear perfume at all as a kid. She suddenly developed these allergies after our cat had kittens and we had to get rid of them. Then it moved on to perfume and scented anything. Cigarettes and any kind of smoke set her off. She usually didn't have a problem until she saw the smoker or got up close and could smell the perfume. It all ended when she had her tonsils out at like 45. She used to wear masks to the KH. Not the cheap ones either. She had to have the kind for painting.
Turns out my mom has panic attacks and bipolar disorder. That's what cause her allergies. It was all in her head. The doctors never could find anything wrong with her. Her tonsils kind of gave her an out. At least she he acted like it was all about her tonsils. I know for a fact that if she didn't see a cigarette being smoked she couldn't smell it. Even if it was right behind her.