Topics Started by boy@crossroads

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Do antidepressants really work? or placibo?
by boy@crossroads in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i've posted on freeminds for over a year now but i rarely post on the medical treatment forum.

i believe i've had depression or some other milder form of depression for many months but i haven't gotten antidepressants for a couple of reasons 1.pride- i feel that taken antidepressants is admittion that i'm weak, 2. fear- i don't have health insurance and i'm afraid of the financial reprocussions of prescriptions and mental healthcare visits.

3. i'm also afraid that by taking the medication it will have no affect (wasted money) or that i will be worse off after taking them than if i had done nothing.. give me some of your thoughts.
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I might be going back to the kingdumb hall !!
by boy@crossroads in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm thinking about going back to the meetings.

hopefully just sunday meetings for awhile.

not because i want to or that i feel any inward guilt to return.
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which actor could play Russel, and which actor could play Rutherford?
by boy@crossroads in
1. jw
2. friends
i was just curious.

if ever somone would make a film based on the conception of the jw religion.

which actors would be chosen?.
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Does anybody else feel this way?
by boy@crossroads in
1. jw
2. friends
a little background........ been fading for more than a year now.

i think i have done a good job of transitioning out of the borg.

i am now comfortable with many of the taboos i was raised to fear.
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I don't know how to ask this ?
by boy@crossroads in
1. social
2. relationships
ok so anyway i have been fading for a little over a year now.

during that time i have been primarily focusing on improving my social skills: reconnecting with old high school pals, trying to make sense of the world, trying to connect with others, opening myself up to new belief systems, activities.

now that i am becoming more comfortable around people i am considering pursuing a relationship with someone.
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Don't feel like hanging out with dub friends or worldly friends
by boy@crossroads in
1. jw
2. friends
last friday night sucked big time.

i just don't know whats wrong with me.

i have many worldly friends that would like to hang out with me but i just didn't feel like calling anybody up.
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HOw witnesses view worldly churches !!
by boy@crossroads in
1. jw
2. friends
i still keep in touch with many witness associates (am not disassociated or dissfellowhsipped---trying to fade).

anyways, so a witness that i am not acqainted with sent an email out to everybody about one of his work days.

i thought it was pretty funny so i will post it below:.
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want to get close to people but always back off !!!
by boy@crossroads in
1. jw
2. friends
hey everybody, .

who has experienced this : ever since leaving the jw's, i've been trying to make "worldy" (i hate that word !!

) associates.
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mind games to free yourself of jw fear mentality
by boy@crossroads in
1. jw
2. experiences
i find that to get rid of the jw mentality i have to play mind games on myself as i go throughout my day.

one tactic that i've been using recently involves telling myself "now as i go through this (whatever) situation how would you act if you had never been exposed jehovahs witnesses".

it really is an amazing thing for me b/c after i think about the situation i really do become more comfortable and the true "me" comes out.
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jw meetings and obedience to the society
by boy@crossroads in
1. jw
2. friends
in what ways does each of the jw meetings play a part in instilling obedience to the mother organization?

or maybe put another way, how does each weekly jw meeting contribute to the overall jw mindset?.

this thought came to me whilst drifting in and out of the watchtower study this morning.. ministry school: helps jws strengthen their speaking skills for better defending their beliefs.