Posts by troubled mind

We are heading out right now to celebrate my husbands birthday @ a local Blues Bar called 'Muddy Waters " tonight is a band featuring Hal Reed and his band MOB ,it will be fantastic ! Wish you were here ! Saturday night we will be seeing the Mercury Brothers reunion another local fav . I'll post their youtube vids tomorrow ! We are blessed with some awesome blues music ....look up Avey Brothers on youtube we like them alot too .

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Mind Control on Dr. Phil

by brotherdan in

usually i'm not into dr. phil at all.

but yesterday he had on dr. philip zimbardo from standford university on the show to talk about obedience to authority.

now the focus was on people doing bad and cruel things when obeying authority, but i could not help but see how many of the psychological issues also seemed to take place in jehovah's witnesses.. for example, a man was waiting outside the studio when a security gaurd walked up to the waiting man with a supposed thief.

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Haha , I just figured out how I found Freeminds .....Steve Hassans center is called 'Freedom of Mind Center" And I probably typed it in wrong and found Freeminds ! That is so funny ....

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Mind Control on Dr. Phil

by brotherdan in

usually i'm not into dr. phil at all.

but yesterday he had on dr. philip zimbardo from standford university on the show to talk about obedience to authority.

now the focus was on people doing bad and cruel things when obeying authority, but i could not help but see how many of the psychological issues also seemed to take place in jehovah's witnesses.. for example, a man was waiting outside the studio when a security gaurd walked up to the waiting man with a supposed thief.

troubled mind

Brotherdan I found it under "Brainwashed Brides " on Dr Phil's site .

http://drphil.com/shows/show/479/

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Halloween at Ziddy's House!!!

by ziddina in

(not sure if this is the right category, but....).

halloween at my house!!!.

13 ghosts floating in the breeze... over my mini-cemetary.... .

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Ziddy that was great ! You obviously enjoy life girl :)

Quit Wasting Time ........I myself grew up as a JW, and recently quit after being fed up with the persistant pressure of having a manmade religious organization trying to tell me how to live my life . My whole life I was not allowed to follow my OWN conscience ,but rather the conscience of men that wrote JW literature .

I have come to the realization that holidays are a way people celebrate life , family ,fun and make memories to look back on in fondness . I really don't care how they began .......It is how we view it today that counts . I view dressing up and handing out candy to kids as good clean fun .

I am sick and tired of the humdrum life I was forced to live as a JW . I no longer view life as if God is looking at me through a microscope judging every little thing I do .

I also am not judgemental any more of how others choose to celebrate OR Not celebrate life . To each his own .

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For those still trapped in the cult, be careful with your sanity

by TastingFreedom in

jw
friends

i relate to your pain and suffering.

you remind me of the struggle i had for over a year, where i was pushing myself to go the meetings and even gave public talks because of friends and family, even when i knew it was all bullshit.

i was so sick to my stomach, that i literally felt like puking during the meetings.

troubled mind

This is a wonderful post ,THANK YOU for putting into words how I think many of us felt . I know my experience was very much the same as you wrote . One day I just felt if I didn't DO something quick to relieve the pressure that I was going to explode . It was not an easy choice and it has taken me five yrs to re-build a sense of SELF , but it is SO worth the time and effort .

I enjoy my life now ....I don't have the ever looming dread hanging over me i use to feel . On Saturday mornings I awaken with a smile knowing I can spend this day any way I want . No longer am I forced into spending the morning driving around the country side with a car group of whiners/gossipers trying to find someone at home to talk to us .

The stress and anxiety in my face is now gone replaced with a smile . It just feels so good to be really happy after all these years ...

I hope lurkers will read this thread and find the courage to take the first step out for their freedom ,leave the fear behind . Start today .

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Mind Control on Dr. Phil

by brotherdan in

usually i'm not into dr. phil at all.

but yesterday he had on dr. philip zimbardo from standford university on the show to talk about obedience to authority.

now the focus was on people doing bad and cruel things when obeying authority, but i could not help but see how many of the psychological issues also seemed to take place in jehovah's witnesses.. for example, a man was waiting outside the studio when a security gaurd walked up to the waiting man with a supposed thief.

troubled mind

I saw that show too . It was actually a Dr Phil show that got through to me and empowered me enough to stop going to meetings !

He had a show on about cults and was interviewing these two young girls both named Fawn . (They had been in a cult in Colorado ) They were not happy in the cult because they were going to be forced to marry older men or the leader . They felt captive though because of a strong fear of being shunned by their family and also the fear of being killed at Armagedeon .I could see how their fears were so much like mine and how religion was the basis of those fears .

In that show he had Steve Hassan on and links to his books . That is were I found a link to Freeminds and ultimately to JWD ....

So in my world Dr Phil rocks ! haha

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