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  Hey - first time here

  by kimoko in

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  hello i am megan tis my first time here (hence the title :) ) so i just thought i would introduce myself.. i've never actually never been actually been a jehovahs witness but i first actually got introduced to it in january when i met the amazing kw13 haha :) since then ive looked at books, articles and had a wonderous time on the friday of the 2006 3 day jw convention .

  i'm trying to help karl get his mum out of the witnessing, hopefully we can get through its not gonna be easy but we are optimistic.

  its been a real difficult time for me trying to understand the witnessing because it went from 16 years of just knowning them as them people who bother you at your door to getting to know alot more and their "morals".

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  "and Bigmouth i cant really see the pic to well lol who are they?"
  
  It's The Smiths standing outside the Salford Lads Club.
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  Witness accepts transfusion to save life.

  by bigmouth in

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  my wife, who is studying midwifery, has just finished watching an episode of maternity ward wherein a dub by the name of yvette thompson was having a caesarean due to fibroids among other things.

  she told the doctor she wouldn't have a transfusion because of being a jw.

  her 'fiance' said he disagreed with her stand but he would intervene if need be.

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  mj, it's on Skys Discovery channel here in NZ. I think the episodes were recorded about 2002
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  Witness accepts transfusion to save life.

  by bigmouth in

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  my wife, who is studying midwifery, has just finished watching an episode of maternity ward wherein a dub by the name of yvette thompson was having a caesarean due to fibroids among other things.

  she told the doctor she wouldn't have a transfusion because of being a jw.

  her 'fiance' said he disagreed with her stand but he would intervene if need be.

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  very good blondie! you'd make a great WT p/r lady. Only you wouldn't be a lady! :) Pete
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  Witness accepts transfusion to save life.

  by bigmouth in

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  2. medical

  my wife, who is studying midwifery, has just finished watching an episode of maternity ward wherein a dub by the name of yvette thompson was having a caesarean due to fibroids among other things.

  she told the doctor she wouldn't have a transfusion because of being a jw.

  her 'fiance' said he disagreed with her stand but he would intervene if need be.

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  My wife, who is studying midwifery, has just finished watching an episode of Maternity Ward wherein a dub by the name of Yvette Thompson was having a Caesarean due to fibroids among other things. She told the doctor she wouldn't have a transfusion because of being a JW. Her 'fiance' said he disagreed with her stand but he would intervene if need be.
  The baby was fine but Yvette continued to bleed after the op. At the point she was told that there was nothing more that could be done for her and she would likely die, she changed her mind and accepted a transfusion.
  Do you know this woman? What's the likelihood she was D/F lickety-split for this rebellious act? And I imagine that many in the medical profession will be happy to see the dubs cave in when push comes to shove.
  This was the U.S. series not the U.K. one
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  Hey - first time here

  by kimoko in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello i am megan tis my first time here (hence the title :) ) so i just thought i would introduce myself.. i've never actually never been actually been a jehovahs witness but i first actually got introduced to it in january when i met the amazing kw13 haha :) since then ive looked at books, articles and had a wonderous time on the friday of the 2006 3 day jw convention .

  i'm trying to help karl get his mum out of the witnessing, hopefully we can get through its not gonna be easy but we are optimistic.

  its been a real difficult time for me trying to understand the witnessing because it went from 16 years of just knowning them as them people who bother you at your door to getting to know alot more and their "morals".

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  Welcome Megan, <- There's a nice picture of a Manchester band for you. (Ask your parents maybe)
  Hi KW13, how's it going with mum?
  Pete
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  Depression

  by Honesty in

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  how widespread is it among jehovah's witnesses and how do they cope with it?

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  " hounds me"- bikerchic.
  Must be why they call it 'the black dog'!
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  DID NOAH TAKE PLANTS ONBOARD ARK?

  by badboy in

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  i have heard that certain types of rice can only survive about 3 weeks under water, it occured to me that perhaps noah would have taken aboard,what do you think?.

  what does wt think????

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  Faaar OUT!! Great question and brilliant answers! As a dub I didn't even think about this sort of logic. 'course, J would have just opened a giant can of miracle dust. Problem solved. Next question.
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  Trouble crying!

  by jonno_oxford in

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  ive been lurking for a while now.

  i've been about 8 years outta 'the truth'.

  does anyone out there have trouble showing their emotions?

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  Hi Jonno, I don't think there is a right or wrong about showing emotion or crying. Hamsterbait is about right.
  As a person with clinical depression for nearly 30 years you might be surprised that I hardly ever cry. I didn't cry when my daughter died nor my mother, granny or uncle. However when I watch a sad movie I can sniff and snuffle with the most emotional woman! When my favourite cat died a few years ago I cried like baby.
  I think men learn to disconnect from strong emotion as a survival mechanism.
  And I am sure you can feel empathy whith others who are upset.
  Pete
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  Depression

  by Honesty in

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  how widespread is it among jehovah's witnesses and how do they cope with it?

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  I just realized that I never answered Honestys question!
  I was always aware of a lot of illness in the congregations here. I didn't know what depression was in my early years and just accepted that the general downtrodden feeling everyone had was the effect of living in this ' wicked old system '. I now know depression when I see it and it is rampant throughout the Org.
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  Depression

  by Honesty in

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  how widespread is it among jehovah's witnesses and how do they cope with it?

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  Wonderwoman I think your reply was quite succinct. Welcome by the way!
  I noticed during my various times at outpatients therapy groups at hospital, a number of younger witnesses have come and gone without any progress made. I remember seeing one getting whipped out by daddy elder.
  I often wonder if I joined the organisation with the hope that the 'good news' would soothe my tormented mind. I found that my low self worth was worsened by my never seeming able to keep up with all the 'work'.
  
  Once I became suicidal, I got put into the too hard basket. Listening to others on JWD has been an enormous help along with appropriate meds and talk therapy.I've not been in hospital for nearly a year now
  
  Pete