Will You Ever Be Able To Let Go???

by minimus 21 years ago 31 Replies latest 21 years ago jw friends

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  minimus 21 years ago

  Will there ever be a time when you feel that you have let go of your JW past???

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  Billygoat 21 years ago

  I imagine it's a bit like a parent with her child. Do you every fully let go when they leave for college? And if so, is it an overnight process? I doubt it. It's been 14 years and I'm just beginning to loosen my grip.

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  Stefanie 21 years ago

  No, because i still have nightmares about the whole experience.

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  minimus 21 years ago

  For those that have been severely affected, I wonder if medical help might be what's needed.

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  Stefanie 21 years ago

  Seriously min, i need a fricken labodomy!

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  jt stumbler 21 years ago

  I think its like prisoners of war being able to do so.

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  franklin J 21 years ago

  Yes, Min; it does happen.

  The fog does lift and you move on.

  New experiences and new friends help; time does heal the wounds.

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  Brummie 21 years ago

  I dont think its the WT we cant let go of, its not being able to let go of people who understand us, why should we let go?

  Brummie

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  Billygoat 21 years ago

  For those that have been severely affected, I wonder if medical help might be what's needed.

  Mini, I do believe that medical help helped me TREMENDOUSLY. I have no qualms about sharing my story. I went to the doctor, told him my story, got on anti-depressants, found a therapist and went through talk therapy for YEARS. I'm not embarrassed by admitting that, nor do I feel anyone should be embarrassed to get help for damage in their lives they did not cause.

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  Fleur 21 years ago

  Not as long as any of my family are JW's...or as long as my child has to deal with JW issues because of her father.

  I have let go of it as much as I can, in that when it's just me, alone in the universe with my own thoughts, it's mostly behind me. I agree with the POW remark though...for those of us raised in there may be no way of ever totally moving past it all. But that doesn't mean that I stop trying.

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