Posts by love2Bworldly

How about if you are eating with a group of people not JWs and someone says a prayer, you are not supposed to bow your head & close your eyes! So rude & stupid! Or not standing to the national anthem

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How do you feel ethically about the Governing Body?

by runForever in

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if something terrible were to happen to the members of the current gb would you feel bad?.

The hardship of being a gay Jehovahs witness.

by truthwillsetyoufree in

please spare a moment to consider the difiiculties faced by gay jehovahs witnesses.

i was raised and baptised as a very serious jw.

every waking moment of my day was lived for jehovahs and his organization and for nothing else.

Thank you for your story. I never really thought about it before what it would be like to be a gay JW. Wish you the best in following your dreams and living a fulfilling life outside of that horrible so called God's organization. I am so happy I don't judge people the way I did when I was in the JW lifestyle. I know a lot of awesome gay people, and my youngest daughter is one of them-- so glad I left that horrible religion before I raised my 3 kids.

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How many things did you toss out in the name of Jehoover

by love2Bworldly in

i had a flash back yesterday.

my non jw husband and i went to disneyland and bought my young daughter a set of 7 dwarf toys.

after a few months i felt guilty and threw them away, thinking they were demonized.

love2Bworldly

I had a flash back yesterday. My non JW husband and I went to Disneyland and bought my young daughter a set of 7 dwarf toys. After a few months I felt guilty and threw them away, thinking they were demonized. How stupid is that? I am embarrassed.

How many things have you thrown away in the name of the Botchtower religion?

Previously to the above experience, I remember throwing out my Beatle records, and destroying part of my Barbie doll house that had Horoscope wallpaper. Looking back it just seems so sad & sick.

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I love my life, I don't want to die

by losingit in

hello everyone..... i've been thinking a lot lately, when i have a chance to be alone my mind immediately comes to the topic at hand-- i don't want to die.

what would happen to my precious little girls?

but i'm so scared that it's going to happen.

love2Bworldly

Sounds like you're suffering from anxiety-- did you feel that anxious before in your life? Sounds like your family wants to be there for you-- don't push them away, even if you decide not to live with them. You definitely are feeling abandoned right now, I feel for you. I have always had abandonment issues due to my parents' neglect & having to leave several bad relationships., & leaving the JWs.

I hope you feel better soon. Not sure what to advise since I don't know your circumstances. Do you need to talk to a therapist about your anxiety?

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For those who have been out for 5 years or more.......

by Phizzy in

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........... do you find you are now far more relaxed about things ?

things in general, and things wt/jw related ?.

i find i am much more relaxed and pragmatic about life in general, mrs phizzy and i do what we can, but we don't get overly upset at what we cannot do.

love2Bworldly

I am enjoying my life, enjoying life without constant guilt. I can care about other people, even those with different lifestyles. I have let go of so much judgement toward other people & how they choose to live which is a huge weight off my shoulders. The beauty of life is that each human being is different from the others-- something a JW can't really appreciate being in their conformist tyrannical religion.

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How old were you when you left the Watchtower - SURVEY

by usualusername in

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i believe that the older you are the harder it is to leave the watchtower.. .

i am attempting to get a list of ages people learnt the "truth" and what age they left.. .

uun.

love2Bworldly

I got baptised at 13 and disfellowshipped at 21, reinstated at 24 then faded out pretty quickly since I loved being "in the world" and feeling like a normal person

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An Unsettling Experience

by snowbird in

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in the year 2011, i was very ill with severe anxiety and panic attacks.. my psychiatrist prescribed two potent anti-depressants.. one day, when i was all alone, i heard a distinct voice say, "there are knives in the kitchen - small, medium, and large ...".

the voice trailed off, but the meaning was clear: use one of those knives on yourself!.

my niece in atlanta reported a similar experience when she was prescribed the same anti-depressants following a stillborn delivery.. i'm curious.. has anyone else experienced something like this?.

love2Bworldly

Snowbird-- last fall, (I was not on medication though), I had a pyschotic episode, I was very paranoid of others even of my husband, and I was by myself one day & was so sure that angels were telling me that my youngest daughter was dead. I didn't hear voices, it was more like I just knew I was being given knowledge. I hid my cell phone in a drawer thinking I was going to get a phone call any minute about my daughter & I was terrified any minute the front doorbell would ring. I walked down my hallway & her picture hanging in the hallway suddenly was her lying in a coffin-- the picture of her was wearing a black graduation gown and her white arm was across her body holding a diploma-- but the picture became her as a skeleton in a coffin. Then I cried for about a half hour, deep deep sobs that racked my whole body and I was in a delusion that I was having labor pains & that my daughter came into the world with labor pains & was leaving this world with labor pains.

The most horrible experience of my life, seemed so real. I spent a week in a hospital because of it. After that I never doubted my bipolar diagnosis & take my health even more seriously than before. If I feel like I'm getting manic, I take a hot bath, take one Tylenol PM and have a really good nights sleep-- it works every time.

I am on an antidepressant for bipolar, Latuda, but a low dose. I hate taking medications, but after what I went through I am willing to take them. I don't take Depakote any more, they had me on them for about 6 months-- I was sluggish/sleepy all the time, and my leg muscles starting feeling funny when I went on my walks.

Medications are no joke, and you have to have a really good doctor. I go to the doctor once a month, sometimes more anytime she adjusts my dose. It really sucks suffering from mental illness because it's not like you can talk to people about it. I hid it from my coworkers when I was off work last fall for 6 weeks by telling everyone my back went out LOL

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What Do Mormons Really Believe? RE: The Nov. 8, 1995 Awake Magazine

by D_Rolling_Kearney in

i am a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, and i have written a heavily-documented response to the official magazine of the jehovah's witnesses, awake!, that claims to teach what we believe.

i saw an article from last year's watchtower about a guy who had barely been mormon for very long, and obviously did not know what we believe, who was given this magazine by jw's to show him "the truth.

" he claims to have proven to himself that it was true from information on the lds church's website.

love2Bworldly

I have no desire to read the link because all religions are MAN MADE. Mormons are a cult just like the JWs and their belief system is whacked, just like the JWs.