Get a life

ballistic

I was just in chat saying how a few good friends of mine tell me I need to leave this all behind in order to leave the JWs behind.

Well, my answer is no!

I celebrate this board and all it has done for me, and to those of you who complain about fluff and anti-fluff and what this board should be and what it shouldn't be; I don't give a toss.

The result is in what it does for INDIVIDUALS, not what it looks like, or whether would make a good story.

I will continue to check this site daily, and although my "worldly" friends have my best interests at heart, I can see in the cold light of day what this site does, even if it is evolving and contains "fluff", or does anything else. Let the tens of thousands of sites who speak the truth ring out, and let this site do what it does best!!!

Celtic

To a degree I agree

Flip

I agree to a degree.

rekless

I have thought about leaving this sight behind foir the sake of my fiance', but for some reason I need the rush of hearing about the destruction or proof that the org. is a cult and maybe just maybe a point will arise that my family that are still in it will realize why I left.

It is hard to know all that is wrong with the org. that you once loved and caused your family to accept it as deeeply as you once did.

So I continue to waste time hereas many here do.

ballistic

and I hope you're all coming to the apost fest, and simon, I hope we're going to have a few beers!!!

LB

You know when I was on H20 I was too angry. It wasn't good for me to be around ex-witnesses at that time. It just fed my anger. But the anger isn't so close to the surface now, so I find this site to be of great support.

Never Squat With Yer Spurs On

JW4fr

I'm glad to hear you are not angry, LB. : )

ISP

Amnesty and amnesia doesn't do it for most. There are questions and issues that need to be sorted out. You can't simply forget it.

ISP

SEAKEN2001

I can understand the advice to separate from the XJW community while you are trying to rebuild your own paradigm. I would have given that advice to you a year ago becasue that's the way I felt at the time. I needed to just get away from all the arguments and just live life for awhile. I did that. Now I am back. I find this place has evolved into a support community and has a very important place in the lives of many recovering cult victims. Everyone is different and some people don't respond to this type of "therapy" and that is why some people who used to be here are gone. But it does work for lots of people, as shown by our participation here. I say, stay on here. I'm not logging in every day and sometimes just lurk but I think it's a great place to add to the life of any XJW.

Sean

RedhorseWoman

While "getting a life" is all well and good, we need to remember that we have all come out of a very traumatic life experience. We have all shared similar experiences, and nowhere else can we find others who can totally relate to these experiences except those in the XJW community.

I find that talking with others who have "survived" is strengthening. Additionally, it gives me a good feeling to observe others shakily joining the real world once again, and to know that my experiences might have possibly helped them along the way.

I used to spend a great deal of my time trying to get people to join what I felt was the "truth". I feel I need to give back a little of my time now in helping others to understand what they are dealing with when they get involved with the WTBTS, and perhaps give a little support to those who are newly "out".

Get a life

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