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  Friends... life after JW

  by ekruks in

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  have awakened to what fooo-king sh1t (sorry!

  ) i've been living in these last years.... well since i was born.... i am left if quite a weird state.

  i have some weird friends.... jws.... i used to think they were normal.

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  What can I do when I feel i can't keep going....

  by Free!! in

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  i have been having an awful week/month/year/life and i just feel like i can not move forward anymore... is like life is passing me by and i am just observing from the side lines.... i am so tired, i just want to sleep and never wake up..... has anyone felt like this?

  i tried therapy (twice) an it did not work, i tried volunteering and surrounding myself with other people and things to do, and it works until i have to come home, then that feeling of emptiness returns.... .

  i am so tired... i do not know what else to do.... .

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  Check with your doctor to see if you have clinical depression. If you do, get treated for it.
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  Poll: What do you believe now?

  by Lunatic Faith in

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  i have been noticing we ex-jw's are very different in our choices of beliefs once we leave the wts.

  some choose christianity, others flee christianity.

  some find they can't beieve in anything any more.

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  I don't then have to believe, just acknowledge the facts.

  Thanks Wobble..that pretty much sums it up for me.
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  Have Attended a Small community Church

  by Reopened Mind in

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  totallyadd and i have been attending a small nondenominational community church.

  it happens to be the same church that i attended as a small child.

  as some of you may remember totallyadd was raised in the organization so this was his first experience going to church.

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  jamiebowers

  What a perfect way to create a new community for yourselves! Good for you guys! I'm glad to hear it.
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  IT BOILS ME!! (Venting)

  by pubtruth in

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  well my uncle just called me and told me he was visiting tomorrow, asking about family and such.

  good, no objection to that.

  he asked to put mom on the phone, so i did.

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  Living the way you're living isn't healthy. Go to school, get a skill, get a job, and move out on your own. Fnd out how your cousin made it on her own. After you're away from your mom, you'll feel empathy for her sad condition.
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  IT BOILS ME!! (Venting)

  by pubtruth in

  1. jw
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  well my uncle just called me and told me he was visiting tomorrow, asking about family and such.

  good, no objection to that.

  he asked to put mom on the phone, so i did.

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  jamiebowers

  Living the way you're living isn't healthy. Go to school, get a skill, get a job, and move out on your own. Fnd out how your cousin made it on her own. After you're away from your mom, you'll feel empathy for her sad condition.
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  Rick Fearon has been totally exposed!

  by Iamallcool in

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  why would he post a pic of byron brown, the mayor of buffalo, ny in this thread, http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/215638/1/former-jw-money-counter-at-district-conventions-tells-all .

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  http://www.buffalospreemagazine.com/archives/2006_04/0406byronbrown.html.

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  Now go to the other thread and right click on the pick. When the window opens choose properties. You will see that the pic is identified as Byron Brown loaded from photobucket.com

  Thanks NC!
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  New Movie about JW's

  by grewupjw1969 in

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  there is a indie film in production about growing up as a jw.

  i hope it makes it.

  i don't know how to make it clickable.

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  www.hereliesthetruth.com
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  Rick Fearon has been totally exposed!

  by Iamallcool in

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  why would he post a pic of byron brown, the mayor of buffalo, ny in this thread, http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/215638/1/former-jw-money-counter-at-district-conventions-tells-all .

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  http://www.buffalospreemagazine.com/archives/2006_04/0406byronbrown.html.

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  Can someone post both photos side by side?
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  Please. One At A Time. But I Have Found The Answer... ;)

  by headisspinning in

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  life is short and i regret the years i have wasted.

  i feel like crying over the damage i have caused my kids by raising them in a cult.

  but i really honestly believed all of it.

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  If your older kids are like most who were raised in the organization, they will leave in their own time. You have an opportunity to let them see normal life by how you treat your baby while explaining to them that you did the best with what you knew at the time when they were younger.

  I love the idea of family get togethers and traditions, but the idea of Santa Claus or birthday candles or trick-or-treating is still really not appealing to me... is there a way to find a middle ground and kind of be trend setters in this regard?

  You know what? Waiting in endless lines with my younger sisters so they could sit on Santa's lap or take a picture with the Easter Bunny wasn't ecstatic for me. And all of the planning, shopping, and cooking for my stepkids' birthdays and other holidays wasn't always what I wanted to be doing at the time. Even now, sitting out in Ohio's chilly and sometimes rainy weather for hours to give candy to 500 trick-or-treaters isn't a thrill a minute for me either. But when you see the faces of the kids for whom you are knocking yourself out, it makes it all worth it!

  As the years pass while you're creating your own traditions, you will realize that it is necessary to take the time to celebrate. Life goes by so quickly, and it's easy to forget the magic that children want and need. That's what holidays are for...to stop you in your tracks and realize that something special needs to be done on certain days. You may not realize how important they are until your baby is grown. That's what happened to me once after our kids were grown. I was more debilitated tha usual with a new ailment, so I announced that I wouldn't be baking or decorating for Christmas.

  My step-daughter, who had a child of her own, came apart at the seams. "No Neiman Marcus cookies, pumpkin roll, and pineapple crush cake? No big tree with the 1,000 ornaments? No angel and Santa Claus collections set out in the living room?", she cried. Well, that year my dear girl did most of the work under my direction, because she couldn't imagine Christmas being anythng less for her child than it was for her.

  As far as religion is concerned, don't play up that aspect of it if it makes you uncomfortable. Many people don't.

  FHN, I loved "Anne of Green Gables" and remember that episode well!