I tried for nearly two years to ignore it
But have now decided that I shall going to go to a recovery workshop next weekend, for those raised in cults, try and deal with the thing properly, and then put it to bed if I can.
does showing our upset or anger regarding our life as witnesses a good thing or a bad thing?
personally, i feel that everyone of us has to express whatever feelings for however long time it takes to heal.
(i'm not talking about carrying the same anger or hurt for 25 years).
I tried for nearly two years to ignore it
But have now decided that I shall going to go to a recovery workshop next weekend, for those raised in cults, try and deal with the thing properly, and then put it to bed if I can.
today's my birthday as i hit that 1/2 century mark - and here i didn't think i'd make it past 21 (1975).
how does it start out today?
i'm walking at a local park and happened upon the retired couple who are volunteer rangers - i mentioned that later in the day i'm returning to the park with my family to take some family photos on my 50th b-day.
Belated Happy Birthdays for all those you missed too!
i just realised i was in one.
they aren't pleasant.. i found myself rescuing the whole time and nagging the person involved.
i have never nagged in my life and i dont want to start now.. this isn't going to be easy but i know the relationship is not at all healthy and i have to get out.
Thanks Angry you have made me grin just love your style.
i just realised i was in one.
they aren't pleasant.. i found myself rescuing the whole time and nagging the person involved.
i have never nagged in my life and i dont want to start now.. this isn't going to be easy but i know the relationship is not at all healthy and i have to get out.
Thank you all for your sound answers once again.
I think when I left the org and my ex at much the same time ,there was naturally a huge void in my life and I rushed to fill it.
I will start to spend some quality time with myself and see what transpires.
thanks everyone for your input
i just realised i was in one.
they aren't pleasant.. i found myself rescuing the whole time and nagging the person involved.
i have never nagged in my life and i dont want to start now.. this isn't going to be easy but i know the relationship is not at all healthy and i have to get out.
I just realised I was in one. They aren't pleasant.
I found myself rescuing the whole time and nagging the person involved. I have never nagged in my life and I dont want to start now.
This isn't going to be easy but I know the relationship is not at all healthy and I have to get out. I have invested so much energy into this relationship and the returns were very small. It has made me feel bad about myself and I have lost my happiness. I hope this is going to be a temporary situation, and my love of life will return. Perhaps this relationship started on the rebound and was not going to last.
Can relationships that have had this poor start be transformed into something new and healthier?
A wet toilet seat!
there was some really piddily-crap that i remember.. for instance, when i was about 17 toe-rings became popular, and one of the sisters bought one....wore it to the kh during the summer with her sandals.
my best friend in the hall wanted one, which of course caused this huge debate about whether it would be okay 'in jehovah's eyes', and didn't it go against the scripture that counsels women against "bodily adornment", blah-blah-blah.
toe rings??!
not to study an '...ology' or an......... 'osophy' for that matter. Ridiculous!
All you need to do is read the awake...............
thank you all for the kind words from those who posted on the other thread about the student of mine who was found dead from a gunshot wound on tuesday....i have more to get off my chest...
?..i went to the funeral today.
it was held in a funeral home.
The tears are flowing down my face. Poor Miguel. Thank you for telling us about him.
and take care of yourself, it must be an awful time for you.
does anyone else remember how awful school was because of the dreaded school assembly.. my whole school life was blighted because i couldn't go in.
my young son can goes in and it is the best part of his day, he loves the hymns.
how glad am i that i came to my senses before my son suffered like i did as a child.
Does anyone else remember how awful school was because of the dreaded school assembly.
My whole school life was blighted because I couldn't go in.
My young son can goes in and it is the best part of his day, he loves the hymns. How glad am I that I came to my senses before my son suffered like I did as a child.
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and it made me feel odd, unnerved.. i haven't been to a meeting for two years now and am quite anti jw but this still felt odd, to see her wearing a cross.
any ideas?
Thankyou Jonty
I was a JW for 43 years and it will take awhile to rid myself of odd feelings every now and then.
I saw a programme many years ago about china and was very jealous of the lifestyle shown there it seemed so simple and so real.
Apparently it isn't a cross at all it is something to bring her good health as she is ill at the moment.