Posts by jamiebowers

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Glad to be here. Hope this finds everyone well.

by TotallyADD in

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one year ago i finally had the courage to wirte my life story.

alot of water has gone under the proverbial bridge since my first post.

as of late i have been very scarce from this site.

jamiebowers

I ewas jut thinking about you two the other day. It sounds as if the Mrs. is on the mend and your business is going well. Glad to hear it!

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so here i am... finally.. i'm 3rd gen, df'd since 87 .. married a worldly girl in 88.. to save my soul, daughter in 90 divorced in 92.... let my daughter be raised by others, figured if it's the truth... i'll present it when she old enough to be acountable... just sent her the video growing up jw 1960-2010. by not wanting to teach this to my child, resonated within and well here iam... thanks to this site and all of you... everyone on my dad's side of family is df'd or inactive except my older sister, who has been flying over here to idaho to see us from hawaii.. which is making me think she is getting tired of the retoric.... i don't know where i'm going with this... i just want to change my way of thinking.. i can't see the future... but now i know why.... i have a lot to share, but for now just one thought, on being a jw child.. in 3rd grade i never got see one cartoon on saturday.. when all the other kids were talking about how awesome hong kong phooey was... i just sat there paralized, prentending to have seen it... and angry lol ... i think there are a lot more people out there like me... out but still clinging to 'the truth' in their heads.. because going against is the ultimate 'unforgivable' sin.... that it for now l8r t8r.

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jamiebowers

Welcome! Please check out jwfacts.com and then read Crisis of Conscience and then Combatting Cult Mind Control.

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Any ex-jw action on Google plus?

by Norcal_Sun in

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i have a google + account and a facebook account.

it seems that there are a lot of ex-jw facebook groups but i am wary of joining them since i have a lot of dubbie friends still.

google+ seems to have a better contact management system where you have different "circles" of friends who can never see each other (i am aware that facebook has a similar thing, but apparently its not foolproof).. so is there any ex-jw happenings on google+ ?.

jamiebowers

I received an invitation from an ex-jw who doesn't post here, but I'm not sure how to make Google + work. How can I introduce you to her?

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My grandmother has died - All I am thinking about is the JW funeral...

by exjehovah in

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my jw grandmother passed away last night after a long battle with alzhemers disease.

she suffered a lot at the end of her life, a shell of who she ounce was, so i am happy she is at peace.

as i mentioned my brother died a short three months ago.

jamiebowers

So sorry for your loss. I wouldn't attend anything at a kh...nest of vipers.

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Long-Term Effects of Physical Abuse

by rebel8 in

obviously this is a very personal matter.

i can't believe i'm posting it here but i need to make myself.

i'm probably going to regret this.. i have discussed before that i was physically abused and neglected as a jw child.

jamiebowers

The only long term effect I cn think of in relation to severe physical abuse as teen by my non-jw father and in early adulthood by my jw huband is an exaggerated startle response. It happens every time someone suddenly comes up on me. As far as poor physical health is concerned, the more disabled I become, the more concerned I am with easy access to weapons at home and personal security measures.

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How do I respond to this? from my father

by alamb in

a daughter .

daughters are precious, in so many ways,.

from the day of their birth, till the end of your days.. .

jamiebowers

I would respond with a restraining order.

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Hello Everyone :-)

by new one in

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i've only recently joined but i've been lurking for well over a year.

i'll just start with a bit of my story so you'll have a better idea on were i'm coming from, i've read that much of most of your posts that i feel i already know you all anyway lol.. i'm 32 years old now and for most of my life i've had jw's around me at times, my mom used to study on and off with them all through my child hood alough she never took the plunge i'm not sure why because even to this day she say's she holds the same beliefs but somethings held her back so there's doubt somewhere!.

anyway, having had the magazines around me for most my life i'd read them from time to time,but, when i reached about 17 years old i discovered nightclubs, alcohol and, well you know the rest ;-).. fast forward to my early 20's and i'd had a failed attempt at setting up my own business, my parents had split up after 25 years together and long story short i had a nervous breakdown.

jamiebowers

Welcome!

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I am now officially an Ex-JW!!!!

by Momma-Tossed-Me in

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i am now officially by being announced at congregation level that i am no longer one of jehovahs wihtnesses.

that news spread like wild fire and i was dropped by all jw's on facebook, which shows the level of control the borg has in this area.

what is interesting is there was no juducial committee.

jamiebowers

Marvelous! Now you are to life as a kid is to a candy store.

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Hi - I'm new here!

by Flicka in

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i have been lurking on this site for the past 2 months.

for the past few years i have been going to the meetings and doing fieldservice out of guilt.. my husband (twisty) told me regularly i only do it out of guilt but i denied it and said it i want to do these things because i love jehovah and it is the right thing to do, but how can it be the right thing if you don't feel welcome and it feels like everyone is judging you the moment you walk into the kingdom hall.. it has taken a few years and a lot of tears to open my eyes.. over the past few years twisty spoke to me about the various things he didn't agree with but it just went over my head.

a few months ago we were lying in bed and he brought up his concerns again, and i'm not sure what was different this time but i understood and agreed with the points he was making.

jamiebowers

jamiebowers: Do you know if it is available on amazon.com?

http://www.amazon.com/Combatting-Cult-Mind-Control-Best-selling/dp/0892813113

http://www.freedomofmind.com/

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Hello Again!

by Joe Grundy in

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it's a few years since i participated on jwn.

i'm not, and never have been, a dub.

my history is available for those who want to research it.

jamiebowers

Welcome back! I sure hope the young jw puts the information you gae him to good use.