Still Totally ADD

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  Heres to you Saint Patrick

  by zeb in

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  cheers all ill have an irish coffee for ye all..

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  Zeb I just found out from ancestry.com I have about 20% Irish in me. I had no idea. So thanks for the cheer. Still Totally ADD
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  For those who have been out of the Borg for awhile do you have a Authentic Personality? Six points to look at.

  by Still Totally ADD in

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  i remember when i first came on this site back in 2007 many of the threads talk about after you leave a cult you need to find your authentic personality.

  i have found this takes a lot of effort.

  i found this article from the huffington post under healthy living date 7-29-2014.

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  I remember when I first came on this site back in 2007 many of the threads talk about after you leave a cult you need to find your Authentic Personality. I have found this takes a lot of effort. I found this article from the Huffington Post under Healthy Living date 7-29-2014. (Six signs you're a truly genuine person). 1. You have high self-esteem. To much is not good and to little is not good. You want something solid in the middle. 2. You embrace vulnerability. The stronger your self esteem, the more able you are to admit your failing and to receive criticism. 3. You share your true thoughts, beliefs and opinions with the world. 4. You openly give and receive compliments. 5. You really listen-and prefer deep conversations. 6. You're driven by a inner voice rather than your surroundings.

  Merrian-Webster defines Authentic as a quality of being genuine and worthy of belief. Hence, a person who is completely trustworthy is deemed to be Authentic. Yet to be genuine a certain transparency, whereby others can witness the unfiltered personality,.without any masking.

  I find point number 4 is one I still need to work on. Being a born-in and being called "a good for nothing slave" for 54 years it is still hard to take a compliments. So I guess I am still working on my Authentic Personality. So the question is how are the rest of you doing? My wife keeps telling me it takes time. Still Totally ADD
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  How many years did you waste away in the Org?

  by Tallon in

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  in my case; 27 years.

  7 of which were as a ministerial serpent ... sorry, i mean 'servant' ;).

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  Born-in and did wakeup until I was 54. But I did not walk away until I was 56. Still Totally ADD
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  What food are you grateful for?

  by punkofnice in

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  i'll start: stilton cheese.. (it was a toss up between that and sweet pickled beetroot).. thank you folks..

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  My problem is all foods are great except brussel sprouts. The food I am most grateful for is the food of free thought. Still Totally ADD
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  Hello

  by snowbird in

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  just want to say hello.. trying to master my new tablet given to me by my grandson.. yeah, i am bragging.. lol.. sylvia.

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  Good to hear from you snowbird. I miss a lot of the old gang that was here when I first came on. Have a great day and happy gardening. Still Totally ADD
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  Uniting Church apologises to victims of sexual abuse, Jehovah's Witnesses defend treatment

  by NikL in

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  apologies if this has been posted already.... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-10/uniting-church-in-australia-apologises-to-victims/8344496.

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  Good article NikL. Thank-you for bringing this out. It really shows how outrageous the Borg's shunning practices are. That poor women who went through that horrible experience by her father and then the WT. Absolutely insane how the WT Cult acts. Still Totally ADD
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  Ugg took aspirin?! - Perhaps ...

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  interesting article in the huff post uk today - scientists in australia have been studying the tooth enamel of neanderthals (homo neanderthalensis).. from the article: .

  dr laura weyrich, author on the paper, said: “genetic analysis of that dna locked-up in plaque, represents a unique window into neanderthal lifestyle ― revealing new details of what they ate, what their health was like and how the environment impacted their behaviour.” .

  ... neanderthals who lived in spy cave ate wooly rhinoceros and wild sheep ... those from the el sidron cave ate a largely vegetarian diet of pine nuts, moss, mushrooms and tree bark.. and perhaps the most interesting: one of these vegetarian subjects had a dental abscess on his jawbone, and a diarrhea-causing parasite, and was self medicating with poplar - a plant that contains salicylic acid, the active ingredient in aspirin.. (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/neanderthals-used-aspirin-to-self-medicate_uk_58c13a4fe4b0ed71826a4151?utm_hp_ref=uk; http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news91022.html)..

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  Sorry Spoletta but troll dolls came out in the mid sixties. It was the thing to have when I was in the 5th grade. Getting back to the story I think it is great how they can get DNA from their teeth. For christmas I got a ancestry.com test. I am now waiting to see if I have any Neanderthal in my DNA. How cool would that be if I did, that would explain my bad grades I had in school. LOL. Still Totally ADD
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  JW VS Catholic

  by Iamallcool in

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  most of us know that jw despise the catholic church the most among many religions for many years.

  my question is do catholic church despise jw as much as the witnesses despise the catholic faith?.

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  Please tell that to the gang of Catholic teenagers three years older than me that use to beat me up all the time because I was a JW. Still Totally ADD
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  "Those Who Leave Are Doomed..."

  by AllTimeJeff in

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  in mission impossible 3, ethan hunt (aka tom cruise) and his protege (aka keri russell) have an explosive pellet implanted in their heads through their nose by the bad guys as a way to control them.

  the only way to to stop it from detonating is to use a defibrillator or some device to send massive electric shocks to the body, thus short circuiting the deadly implant.

  hunt's protege doesn't get the help she needed in time, and she dies.

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  AllTimeJeff thank-you for this thoughtful thread. I was very lucky as a born-in to have a wife who was not a born-in when we left. If it was not for her I don't think I would have made it. She understood what it meant to have authentic personality and help me find mine. Yes I did make some mistakes the worse smoking put I ended that over a year ago. In many ways born-ins are like children when they leave. They don't know how to navigate their way in life. I have been out for over six years now and I feel I am standing on level ground now but there is still from time to time cult thinking comes into my thinking. The good thing is I now recognize for what it is. All this growing I have gone through is because of my wife helping me. I must also give credit to all of you on this forum. Thanks Simon. Still Totally ADD
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  How can I succeed in life not being a jw again?

  by victory in

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  when i was a jw, i was taught that i can never succeed in life if i leave the sect.

  now that i am no longer a member of the fold, how can i succeed in this only life i have and achieve my dreams?.

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  Get deprogram from cult thinking. Get professional help if you feel you need it. When you can clear your mind of cult crap you will be able to work on succeeding in life. That's my 2 cents worth. Good luck in your endeavors. Still Totally ADD