Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs (page 15)

villagegirl

Oh my God - roosterMcdooster - I am so sorry to hear this - it must have been so

hard for her children and all who loved her. Be assured God has not forgotten her.

She will live again and who knows, its God's choice, she could have already been

resurrected and is living in a wonderful spiritual body, in another dimension.

And for all the scoffers who think they are so "scientific" any physicist will tell you

all energy and matter which includes us, can never be destroyed, it only changes

form, and physicists also have mathematical proof there are other dimensions,

that are as real as this one and that we cannot see, because of our limited perceptions.

The WT is not the answer to any of these mysteries of life and death and life after death.

LisaRose

Rooster, I am so sorry, that must have been terrible.

I knew of five people who killed themselves, my own daughter attempted twice. I truly believe that the beliefs and practices of the Watchtower were a factor in all of these suicides. The black or white thinking, poorly trained elders, and punitive policies all play a part. For those with a tendency towards depression or other mental illnesses, these things are a mix that proves fatal.

A young married brother, depression, gunshot

An older concentration camp survivor, despondent over her non JW daughter losing custody of her own daughter to her Dub husband

16 year old boy, oppressive, abusive JW father

Older, abusive elder husband, angry his children got custody of his wife due to his abuse

Strict, elder father, due to his children rejecting the religion

RoosterMcDooster

Thank you so much for those thoughts VillageGirl and LisaRose. It was hard for me to type the words but it makes me feel better to tell everybody.

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I had a close JW friend who suicided, but he was inactive when he did. He was a victim of child molestation by a special pioneer many years earlier.

Oh how bloodguilty the Watchtower is.

Lady Lee

Oh how bloodguilty the Watchtower is.

Yes indeed

dissonance_resolved

I tried once- took a bunch of pills and woke up 36 hours later. I was living alone at the time and have never told anyone. Scared the crap out of me, but it still didn't make the pain go away.

Lady Lee

Well I am glad you didn't succeed and I hope you got the help you needed. If not [lease find it now.

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These stories are so sad.

LisaRose

DIssonance Resolved, I am sorry you were in so much pain you tried to wanted to kill yourself, you are very lucky it didn't work, and I am concerned you didn't tell anyone. Please consider getting some help with this, if you have not already done so. Therapy can be very effective for depression. I feel for anyone who has been hurt by this religion, and I know how debilitating depression can be. Since leaving, I have gotten better and better, learned some coping skills, and seldom get depressed anymore. It is possible.

I think those of us who suffer from depression or suicidal thoughts are just collateral damage for the Borg, our existence contradicts their pretence that they are "Jehovah's Happy People". They don't care if we fade out, get disfellowshipped or even commit suicide, they just don't want us around, it makes them look bad. The best revenge is to go on to live a happy, fulfilling life.

Suicide - How many do you know within the JWs

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