Goodbye to the 'Hollow people!'

by Gill 8 Replies latest jw friends

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  Gill

  I was reading earlier on on the freeminds site about whether people were happy now they've finally left the JW org.

  One person was saying that he realised they were all 'hollow people' who would disappear like a puff of smoke if he took a step wrong.

  I sat there thinking, yes, I am very happy now. But I remember a few years ago sitting, shaking and crying a counsellors office distressed because all my 'friends' and relatives were never going to have anything to do with me again if I left the bOrg.

  It has taken three years and yes, non of my 'friends' have anything to do with me or my family and relatives have cut down their contact to the bare essentials. Usually just my parents ring if they need something doing, which is fair enough really.

  But I've finally said goodbye to the 'Hollow people' and I am very, very happy.

  I hope anyone who is having doubts about leaving the WTBTS will take the bull by the horns and take that step.

  It may be rough to start with but happiness lies ahead.

  Good luck all.
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  under74

  Good for you for realizing how far you've come.
  
  Good post Gill.
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  PaulJ

  Goodbye to the Hollow People.... sounds like a Bob Dylan song title!!! When I left I maintained that I didnt need them. I miss my friends but I feel good. (a james Brown song!!!)
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  Rod P

  Gill,

  I have to laugh. When I read the title of your thread, I thought you were referring to those creatures that are supposed to be living underneath the earth's surface. The theory is that the earth is "Hollow" and these creatures used to live on the surface. But when things got out of hand, they moved underneath, and that's where they remain. So, it's the Hollow People living in the Hollow Earth.

  Come to think of it, maybe that's where all the JW's should go. That's a sure way to remove themselves from this Wicked System of Things! LOL

  Rod P.
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  LongHairGal

  Further to them being like hollow people:
  
  Being at a meeting and feeling so alone and being ignored and feeling like a hologram on the wall.
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  tetrapod.sapien

  good job Gill! i hope i can heal as well as you someday too!

  wondering, did extra exit counselling really help you out?
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  Gill

  Hi All!

  Tetrapod.sapien - Oh yes. Extra, extra counselling certainly did help me out. They identified what EXACTLY the real problem was - the JWs and said STOP, ENOUGH and LEAVE!

  It was a bit like counselling an alcoholic really. One more drink/meeting will KILL you.

  suddenly everything made sense. But it still takes at least two years to begin to come to terms with it all and feel like a 'normal person'. Serious damage was done to my head. It'll never be quite as it could/should have been but its feeling very happy! I survived and I don't care if I never see another JW, KH, W/A mag, bible, etc and I don't give two figs if Armageddon came tomorrow. The WTBTS is right about NOTHING and I finally KNOW it.

  Rod P - LOL I also agree with you.

  Paul J - Perhaps we should all sing it together!.
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  love2Bworldly

  Hollow People sounds like a great description. They also remind me of the Stepford Wives or robots.

  Any unhappiness I suffer in my life these days usually has to do with my own issues or money issues, absolutely none of it has to do with the JWs.
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  tijkmo

  its not a bob dylan song its a marillion one..off of the cd...'brave'

  here are the lyrics...:

  I think I have become one of the hollow men As I shine on the outside more these days I can feel the outside feeding on my inside Leaves a growing darkness in it's place I think I have become one of the hollow men I think I have become one of the lonely Now that everybody talks to me I feel I have become one of the empty Hollow men can stop you with the twinkling of an eye Hollow men can take you without even reaching out Hollow men have got you long before you realise The poison paralyses I think I have become one of a pair of men It's a feeling I've been having for some time I look down upon myself and watch my movements A blind eye sees the fragile vandalised Watch this cold world dishing up these endless hollow men Find us anywhere you look Come and meet our friends Stand us in our silly clothes Put our batteries in Line us up like fairground ducks Watch us grin and grin See the lies behind our eyes See the will to win We'll buy you and we'll sell you But perhaps we'll save your skin Sit quietly and listen to the breeze The hollow and the lonely listen too Sniff the air for something we can use We're tin-hard and we rattle when we're shaken