i know it's a touchy subject, but anyone here has ever thought of suicide while they were still in the organization?
it seem to me that jehovah's witnesses have a much higher rate of suicide than the rest of the population.
i contemplated suicide myself when i was struggling to get piece of my life back together after being raised as a "perfect little jw" when i was young.
if your having thoughts about suicide first talk to a friend and pray to Jehovah then talk to your doctor, (don't bother with talking to elders they are mostly mallet heads
NO, do not waist time praying to Jehovah or anything else! Call the local crises center. All Yellow pages and white pages have a hotline!
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(please delete if already posted).
http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/news842622.html cable truck hits kingdom hall .
email this story to a friend.
Why wasn't Jehoober protecting his house
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yesterday was the day - that my marriage of over 10 1/2 years to my jw wife was dissolved....finally.... - i am in a terrific mood today!
my wife and i have joint physical and legal custody of the kids which is awesome!
she doesn't make them go to meetings or go out in service and she has to allow all extra carricular activities.
Congrats! I'm glad things worked out regarding the custody. I know that was a giant worry when you first started posting here. Take care and keep the kiddies in every activity you can think of. You will be very tired, but it's worth it in the end.
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Natural does not mean safe!
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didn't know if this has been addressed before , but it's kinda interesting.
when we were witnesses we were always told,oh!
don't look at horoscopes or read anything about your sign because it's demonized !
Capricorn!
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there was no way today was going to be a good day.
our little girl was experiencing separation issues with her bio family and spoke them non-stop from the time the car pulled out of the driveway, to my wife's work to the front door of her school.
"my momma has my...my momma gives me...my momma took me to...my daddy showed me...my daddy gave me...my daddy did..." i tried distracting her with eye-spy games which led to, "my momma saw a.." i couldn't seem to take her mind off what was bothering her and when i left her at the door to her classroom she was weeping.
See you don't need all those degrees! You just need to love her and be there for her no matter what!
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i have a question for everyone regarding your personal experience with the brainwashing techniques of the wt.
(its amazing that i can even say that now.
once was a time i would have bristled at the mere suggestion that the society brainwashes people.
Thanks Sylvia,
Not sure what got into me - I was fine, typing away and all of a sudden I got sad and all teary eyed. Then the flood gates opened
Sheesh, talk about mental melt down! I think I feel better now.
Sorry to hijack your thread back to topic now!
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i have a question for everyone regarding your personal experience with the brainwashing techniques of the wt.
(its amazing that i can even say that now.
once was a time i would have bristled at the mere suggestion that the society brainwashes people.
I really had to think about this one.
I was raised in the dub organization, but I really can't say that I ever believed in it. I never felt the way most of you did, the love of Jehovah or the bible. I always thought I just wasn't a religious person. That I didn't need an old book to tell me how to be a good person or what the difference was between right and wrong. I hated everything about the Jdub for as long as I remember.
I remember once when I was 6 years old, my mother was telling me about how Jehovah and Satan watched everything I did and that if I did something wrong Jehovah would turn his back on me and Satan would step in and make me continue to do bad things. Then I would die at armegedon (sp?) I remember sitting there trying to make sense of it. If God (Jehovah) loved me soooo much, why would he allow Satan to "get me"? I kept trying to figure out what I could have possibly done to make Jah angry with me in the first place? Where did this conversation come from? How did it start? What did I do or what did I not do? I just couldn't figure it out.
When I got older I realized that this was a tool used to make me feel guilty and hopefully that guilt would keep me on the straight and narrow! How silly my parents were, this made me hate it more. I did nothing but rebel, every bit of WTBTS, bible, god, jehovah or whatever they fed me I promptly vomited right back at them. It made for a very miserable childhood and teenage years for me. I was my parents worst nightmare because I tried so hard to prove to myself that I wasn't a Jdub and would never be.
I must be very emotional today because just typing this is making me cry, I feel so sad and I'm not sure why....
it is after 3am and i am sitting here on my own not being able to sleep.
this seems to happen to me quite often lately and my head is like a washing machine - going round and round.
i am going to see the doctor tomorrow and tell him how i am feeling.
Take two tokes of pot and call me in the morning.
Yeah, what he said
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so, i had my second job interview today for a job that i really really want and one that i believe will put me on the right track ito of my future and the career i really want so if you have a good vibe or prayer to spare, put it out there for me please - i would appreciate it!!
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PDB - Good luck, I hope you get the job. Think positive...............................
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