I'm 18, my whole life i've been fed a lie that my whole family believes is true, they've done nothing but try to help me in what ever ways THEIR religion will allow them, and now wfter being sheltered, confused, but taken care of physically and what my mother thinks is spiritually i'm ready to leave it all ebhind, friends, family and more because now i'm of age and can see the numerous flaws and problems in the orginization. Do i deserve to choose what to do. I'm between a rock and a hardplace. On one side i really want to go my seperate ways because i hate being mislead but i know for sure i will lose all my present ties with my family and friends and im not sure if i can stand on my own two feet. Is it unfair that my realtionship with my girlfriend has to kept under wraps, im paranoid when with her in public because someone i know might see me. should i be putting her through this life sucking ordeal just because of my own insecurities and myself wanting to be a witness and live my own life at once. Shouldn't only i have to deal with this great amount of stress on my own without pulling an innocent, magnificant person into it. How doi diferienciate between where i let the org drown my brain and where i can be free in a wonderful( well it would be if i was more open) relationship. im stuck and as always ConFuseDnStreEed
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My life or love? do i deserve to choose?
by ConFuseDnStresSed05 ini'm 18, my whole life i've been fed a lie that my whole family believes is true, they've done nothing but try to help me in what ever ways their religion will allow them, and now wfter being sheltered, confused, but taken care of physically and what my mother thinks is spiritually i'm ready to leave it all ebhind, friends, family and more because now i'm of age and can see the numerous flaws and problems in the orginization.
do i deserve to choose what to do.
i'm between a rock and a hardplace.
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Do i deserve to choose?
by ConFuseDnStresSed05 ini'm 18, my whole life i've been fed a lie that my whole family believes is true, they've done nothing but try to help me in what ever ways their religion will allow them, and now wfter being sheltered, confused, but taken care of physically and what my mother thinks is spiritually i'm ready to leave it all ebhind, friends, family and more because now i'm of age and can see the numerous flaws and problems in the orginization.
do i deserve to choose what to do.
i'm between a rock and a hardplace.
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I'm 18, my whole life i've been fed a lie that my whole family believes is true, they've done nothing but try to help me in what ever ways THEIR religion will allow them, and now wfter being sheltered, confused, but taken care of physically and what my mother thinks is spiritually i'm ready to leave it all ebhind, friends, family and more because now i'm of age and can see the numerous flaws and problems in the orginization. Do i deserve to choose what to do. I'm between a rock and a hardplace. On one side i really want to go my seperate ways because i hate being mislead but i know for sure i will lose all my present ties with my family and friends and im not sure if i can stand on my own two feet.
Is it unfair that my realtionship with my girlfriend has to kept under wraps, im paranoid when with her in public because someone i know might see me. should i be putting her through this life sucking ordeal just because of my own insecurities and myself wanting to be a witness and live my own life at once. Shouldn't only i have to deal with this great amount of stress on my own without pulling an innocent, magnificant person into it. How doi diferienciate between where i let the org drown my brain and where i can be free in a wonderful( well it would be if i was more open) relationship. im stuck and as always
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thanks for he support. i've already tried to figure out way to tell my mom im going away for college i just have to figure out where. Far far away for sure.
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Average JW's age?
by jstalin inis there any demographic information available on jws, such as average age?
i have a friend who is a devout jw and he invited me to the memorial this year.
one thing that interested me is that there were perhaps 10 guys and girls under 30. my friend mentioned to me that most kids leave the org when they're around 18. he's 23, and still lives with his parents.
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In some ways yes, children do tend to leave early. I'm going through a dilema now trying to figure whether or not to stay or pursue my goals and actually live MY LIFE the way i want to. Most children leave for school or to live on their own at the age of 18 as i want to do. When they do they see the real world and see the lies they have been taught and decide its not the best thing for them.
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Thank you so much. its so hard to say what i think when my whole life ive been practicing how to keep it all in and not say my thohgts but what people want to hear. to be able to say my thoughts and so many positive people who have been through my same ordeal tell me its ok it such a reassurance for me thank you somuch it means alot.
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I'm 18 just graduated from high school and stuck. I pioneered i mean am pioneering i thought it was the right thing to do at the time, but now im stuck. I wanted to go to school to be a pharmacists my life long dream. NO! i was talked out of it by CO's elders and my mother saying that its not spiritual to go to college because you want to love a life comfortably and with money. thats not it ive been hiding my true self for about 3 years now do i ever dream of coming out and telling my peers, family, or anyone about me being a lesbian, can i ever come out i dont think so. I've been apart of the org since i was born, i know nothing else, i have no where to turn no where else to go. ive been severely depressed for about 3 years now. i cant talk to anyone even my closest peers will ostracize me for being or thinking what i do. im stuck. I wish i could be dead, i cant love my lofe, be happy, or talk openly about anything, what will i do now? i need help. i feel as though no one is there for me no one else can help me, i dont have jehovahs' blessing or backing i have no one. it wouldbe so much easier if i was dead my soul already is. i need help.
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