one of the things i have to deal with after my jw experience is depression and anxiety.
sometimes i will become overwhelmed by them.
sometimes i'll wake up around 2 or 3 am and lay in bed experiencing extreme anxiety and worry about... whatever (you name it).
It makes sense. I can become easily depressed when life is running moderately smoothly. Maybe it's because I have too much time to think. I find that if I have a mega problem my survival instincts kick in and the sheer act of fighting to overcome the problem will raise my self-esteem considerably.
As for anxiety itself, well, it helps to realise that all anxiety is hypothetical!
the jehovahs witnesses have gained planning to build a vast uk headquarters complex in chelmsford.the international bible students association, which manages the christian groups literature, gained planning to redevelop a derelict farm near galleywood with a 1.2m sq ft scheme.the 150m complex will provide homes for 1,200 people spread across 16 five-storey blocks, a large printing plant, offices, auditorium, health and fitness centre, water treatment plant and on-site parking for 1,040 vehicles.. the ibsa is now set to begin groundwork at the 82-acre temple farm site and start construction by 2016.. .
www.constructionenquirer.com/2015/04/29/150m-jehovahs-witnesses-hq-approved-for-chelmsford/.
The £150m complex will provide homes for 1,200 people spread across 16 five-storey blocks, a large printing plant, offices, auditorium, health and fitness centre, water treatment plant and on-site parking for 1,040 vehicles.
That seems a phenomenal number of people just to serve UK JW's. Maybe it's intended to be a bethel for the whole of Europe? I know the UK is one of the most indulgent of the European countries when it comes to personal and religious freedoms. That being said, if the UK does opt out of Europe in the 2017 referendum, it could just return to bite the JW's in their didactic backsides..
If a Furry had a hyperdomic needle stuck in the top of his head, would he be a Furry with the syringe on top?
credit goes to mike & kim.. .. https://youtu.be/yj3x6wjrsaq .
.. .. atlantis!.
So they still have this unhealthy obsession with what people should wear!
It's nuts. Back in the day they went bananas with the advent of the mini skirt. The young teen girls in our congregation would leave for school suitably skirted well below the knee. Once away from home, they'd roll up the waist band to display a fair amount of bare thigh so as not to be looked upon as somehow freakish.
Who could blame them?
i find it hard to believe that adults on this forum make such a big deal about not celebrating birthdays, x-mas, easter, halloween, etc, etc, etc.
i grew up as a jw kid and it actually made me feel good, being different from the other kids in school.
we went to meetings.
I grew up as a JW kid and it actually made me feel good, being different from the other kids in school.
Yup, being brought up to become a social outcast can be very character building.
so what have you got?.
i'll start.. 1958 aboard steamship arosa star, english and german jw's bound for new york for 8 day assembly at yankee stadium.. .
Remember these assembly food trays?
40-50 years after saying "armegeddon is right around the corner" we are now making progress!!!.
gotta have a sense of humor to deal with this stuff..
" a nashville swingers club has undergone a conversion it now says that it is a church in order to win city approval, so that it can open next to a christian school.
" (associated press).
the article explains, "a church is something that cannot be defined under the u.s. constitution"..... wt lawyers explain to the court all of the time; 'you can't interfere with our internal church policies, or you will be infringing on our first amendment rights.
things that i trust more than hillary clinton:.
mexican tap water.
any email from nigeria.
LOL
