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by aprostate 17 Replies latest jw experiences

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  think41self

  Hi Aprostate, Welcome to the board!

  Your story is very interesting...though sadly somewhat familiar. I am looking forward to hearing the rest of it.

  I am so glad you went for therapy despite the pressure from your mother and the indoctrination of all witnesses that therapy is dangerous. I'm glad you were able to get rid of all that unnecessary guilt and realize that you are a worthwhile person.

  We look forward to getting to know you better.

  think41self

  She had the vocabulary of a brothel owner specializing in service to sailors with Tourette's syndrome
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  Angharad

  Hi Aprostate, welcome
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  QUEENIE

  welcome --- glad to have ya !!!
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  safe4kids

  Hi Aprostate,

  Glad to have you here on the board and I look forward to reading the rest of your story. I, too, went to therapy although my witness mom was dead set against it. She, like your mom, believed that my therapist put all kinds of nasty little thoughts into my head...LOL. But I guess I shouldn't laugh, as it's sad really. Funny/ironic how that issue of child abuse/therapy/mother denial rears its ugly head so often.

  Dana
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  Rummy1

  Good to hear from you . Hey you joined the same day as me !
  Hope to see you on chat
  See Ya around and good luck

  Rummy1
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  Balsam

  Hi Apostate and greeting to all here,

  I look forward to the rest of your story. Its funny really as witnesses it seems we go to such lengths to look like good little Christians, all the time fighting ourselves over the internal battles raging.

  I was a witness for 29 years. Got baptised in 1972 and was disfellowshipped in 2001. I left a 30 years terrible marriage to a fellow witness and am now reunited with my high school sweetheart after 32 years apart. He is not a witness thank goodness. I have just finished reading Crisis of Conscious and starting on In search of Christian Freedom. I am stunned at the things I have learned since leaving. I was too afraid to read anything on the internet until I was disf'ed. I feel a freedom I would have never thought possible. Life begins at 50 I guess. LOL

  Balsam
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  ladonna

  Aprostate,

  Thankyou for sharing your story thusfar. It is always great to read the exiting experiences of others.

  Welcome Aprostate, and sometime drop into open chat and meet some of us live.

  Ana
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  Joyzabel

  Hey Balsam,

  Welcome to the board, too. Hard to make that first post, isn't it?
  You'll get used to it.

  j2bf