Posts by wings

So, is a sympathetic ear listening? Or is understanding the problem and giving advice listening? Or is knowing the difference and knowing when to offer what listening?

Big butts excluded OTWO, that's a no brainer.

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Overcoming deep depression....success stories??

by oompa in

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guys, for those who know me here, i apologize in advance for being such troublesome pain in the ass.

i have had some scary low spots these past two years, and was imo on way too many meds.

i really had a death wish for awhile, and do not want to revist that feeling.

wings

I'm not sure how this has helped oompa, but it sure has helped me. Thanks everyone!

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are men better listeners, or women?

by wings in

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just a question.

i'll withhold my answer for now.

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wings

but cats and dogs can be even better...........

that may just be the smartest thing I have heard today, just didn't see it coming from you

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are men better listeners, or women?

by wings in

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just a question.

i'll withhold my answer for now.

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wings

As far as I know, we don't listen with our genitalia...

I get your point, but now look what you have started!

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are men better listeners, or women?

by wings in

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just a question.

i'll withhold my answer for now.

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wings

just a question. I'll withhold my answer for now.

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A year ago today

by wings in

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i posted for the first time on jwd.. thank you for putting up with me, and for being there for me.. what a difference a year makes........... i love you all!!!!

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A year ago today I was on my last leg. Sitting under a camel with a million straws on it's back. I found JWD, like many of you, by doing a google on Jehovah's Witness. I knew that I was being BAD....very, very, BAD. Sometimes it is just necessary. I found free minds....spent days and days reading....then I emailed Randy, and he sent me here. I wanted to just read, but alas, I had to register to read more....so I did. I came up with "wings" in about two seconds (at the time I had no intention of posting) so it didn't matter to me. I have only recently learned to love my alias. I guess I wasn't ready to fly then.

My life is ridiculous, and had been for some time. If I had truely shared everything here I would have been flagged as a troll from the begining. It would write better as a soap opera than a book. I have empathy for those who live in the vortex of turmoil. It does happen. For me, my fade made being proactive in my life impossible. No worldly friends allowed, non-witness family not welcome....etc....I needed support. By the time I left, I had no friends, a five year fade will do that to you. I cannot express the depth of hollowness I was in when I found this site.

I would post a bit, then depression, circumstances would take over......then I would come back and post a bit.....then again I would go under.....Then after my dad passed, I posted a topic "I am officially lonely"...and I meant it. For a loner, that was really saying something. Well, you came through...all of yous' (don't mean to butcher the English language, but it's just me) . So I connected to you through PM's and phone calls and discovered that you are real fleash and blood people out there. This site turned from a crutch to get through a tough time into a open door leading to my new life.

I have used this site to explore my honesty. You know, express myself. Like looking at myself in a mirror of words. I have learned much. For one, I'm not as nice as I thought. (a personal stigma I'm not completely comfortable with). I am a smart ass, and sometimes funny. Making yourself laugh is good. I appreciate so many of you here, the funny ones are easy, but also the ones who struggle, the ones that care and take time to read and post appropriate responses. Even the mean ones (you know who you are) hoping someday I'll be just a little mean too. The rebel in me. I am finally comfortable here. I am getting comfortable with myself.

Except for the bits and pieces I reveal on my posts, I am uncomfortable going on about my raging circumstances. Don't want to set off the troll alert. For those who want to know more, I am loving PM's and phone calls. The entire free world is hard to share with....if you know what I mean.

OTWO, I'm not thinking this is a good profile, I guess I'll just work on that later. Thanks for encouraging me......

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Favorite bluegrass songs/bands....

by avishai in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kr6l22w7h8

i am haunted by this song by the great lake swimmers.

canada is putting out some great bluegrass these days.

wings

Okay, I'm old. But I went to the Telluride Blue Grass Festival a few times when I was younger. Too much weed I guess, I had to google it to remember who I saw.

Hot Rize, Chris Daniels, New Grass Revival, Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band....were some that sparked a memory. Love bluegrass!

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What are your fears?

by Bumble Bee in

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i remember growing up we were told not to voice our fears outloud, lest satan hear them and use it against us during the gt.

as a result i grew up pretending i wasn't afraid of anything, that i was the strong one, which is sooooo far from the truth!

lol i have learned that i am stronger than i thought i was, but there is a part of me that just once would love someone else to deal with the fears and tell me it's all going to be ok. .

wings

my mother

my daughter

my son

(those in my life with mental illness not controlled well by drugs)

Oh, and being stuck in a Freddy Krueger dream.....