Are You A Screwed Up Adult Because You Were A Witness?

by minimus 50 Replies latest jw friends

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  AllTimeJeff

  Sane.

  Blessed to have screwed up parents whose one wish was that at least one of their children not be f*cked up. Enter, me.

  I was saved because the two people whose sexual reproduction caused my birth were brought together because they happened to notice each other at a KH, as oppsed to say, the Monterey music festival.

  I wouldn't have been born if they weren't two messed up JW's who said hi and somehow made me.

  I am not screwed up. I am me.

  The JW's taught me that they can't kill me. I am not screwed up. I am just not normal. Nor typical.
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  biometrics

  Let me see. Since I was a born-in, and never allowed to:

  • Join sporting events / clubs
  • Have a hobby
  • Have friends (outside the KH)
  • Enjoy any activity that wasn't dubtower approved

  Then there's constant fear of:

  • Armageddon
  • Blood
  • Satanic music
  • Not going out witnessing
  • Going witnessing and meeting school friends
  • Not underlining (studying) the watchtower magazine
  • Birthdays

  I guess that could have some effect on how screwed up I am. But who knows for sure?
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  Berengaria

  av8orntexas,

  you seem like a great person. Fun loving and yet thoughtful and responsible
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  Berengaria

  I always described myself as a gnarly and crooked tree in the middle of a forest full of straight and tall trees. My friend said it's the gnarly trees that are interesting. That works for me!
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  av8orntexas

  Benrengaria,

  Thanks. I really appreciate the kind words. To have my mom tell it, I'm the MOST unthankful child in the world. Of course by JW standards

  I used to really think something was wrong with me and I needed to be a better person listening to that brother. I can say when I was in, it messed with my head. Because I thought I was fine. But you know how it is. You must be lowly and humble to point of being a doormat.
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  av8orntexas

  Benrengaria,

  You sound as if you were one of the ones who thought for themself.
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  Berengaria

  LOL it took me a while!! A long while.
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  av8orntexas

  LOL it took me a while!! A long while.

  As long as you get to where you need or want to be.
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  unshackled

  FUBAR'd and lovin' it.
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  Berengaria

  Wooot Unshack! Your avatar says it all!