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The Berean
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Would you rather be Respected, Feared, Desired, or Listened To?
by The Berean ini choose fear as my defense.. what say you?.
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Would you rather be Respected, Feared, Desired, or Listened To?
by The Berean ini choose fear as my defense.. what say you?.
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The Berean
Good point villabolo;
I should amend my query with "or a combination."
Thanx
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Would you rather be Respected, Feared, Desired, or Listened To?
by The Berean ini choose fear as my defense.. what say you?.
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The Berean
AllTimeJeff:
Sorry if I confused some. "Respected," to me, means acknowledging inside that someone knows what they are talking about. "Listening to" is a courtesy regardless of whether we agree or not. Hope that clears it up ...
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Would you rather be Respected, Feared, Desired, or Listened To?
by The Berean ini choose fear as my defense.. what say you?.
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The Berean
I choose Fear as my defense.
What say you?
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PTSD ... The Rest of the Story
by The Berean inon a previous posting i suggested that i have experienced post-traumatic stress disorders due to my jw upbringing.
feedback has been mixed.
some agree with my assessment, others suggest a misdiagnosis on my part.. please allow me to be more specific concerning actual events that led to my usage of that trerm:.
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The Berean
rebel8
Every morning I wake up angry that I am still alive. I have given up on life and feel as though death is the only thing that will remove the pain. My life is but an act and I have absolutely no self-esteem. Since you are qualified, can you mention a few possible alternative disorders? Four different therapists have seen little "out of the ordinary."
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Advice...?
by bazackward inhey guys,.
i'm new but have been lurking for awhile and this seems like a pretty good group.
i have a dilemma and am not sure what to do (if anything) about the situation.. my 83-year-old grandmother has been a jw for her whole life.
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The Berean
With my record, giving you advice might be like the "blind leading the blind" (Matthew 15:14)
Please however, allow me to praise your sensitivity. To me, our world would be a better place if we all followed your lead.
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PTSD ... The Rest of the Story
by The Berean inon a previous posting i suggested that i have experienced post-traumatic stress disorders due to my jw upbringing.
feedback has been mixed.
some agree with my assessment, others suggest a misdiagnosis on my part.. please allow me to be more specific concerning actual events that led to my usage of that trerm:.
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The Berean
Here's one:
I can not hear what others say because I believe that they do not know thei own heart . It goes back to telling the public that they" are interested" when they say they aren't. I continue to doubt and analyze every statement I hear from others. I still tend to believe Jeremiah 17:9
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Is being a JW like being a drug addict?
by mkr32208 inok so once again i was thinking (damn i know i should stop doing that!
) and this is what i was thinking about!.
the jw religion is very much like a drug.
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The Berean
SPOT ON!
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PTSD ... The Rest of the Story
by The Berean inon a previous posting i suggested that i have experienced post-traumatic stress disorders due to my jw upbringing.
feedback has been mixed.
some agree with my assessment, others suggest a misdiagnosis on my part.. please allow me to be more specific concerning actual events that led to my usage of that trerm:.
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The Berean
On a previous posting I suggested that I have experienced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders due to my JW upbringing. Feedback has been mixed. Some agree with my assessment, others suggest a misdiagnosis on my part.
Please allow me to be more specific concerning ACTUAL EVENTS that led to my usage of that trerm:
Age 8 ... I watched my Father burn all of my Mother's literature in our back yard, leave and never return. We would live in poverty during my entire childhood. He claimed his wife had chosen her God over him.
Age 10 ... I was assaulted in a KH bathroom on a Sat morning by a mentally unstable servant because I could not get the part in my hair straight before service. I never told anyone.
Age 12 ... I was publically convicted of "blood-guilt" by a presiding overseer because a Bible student allegedly stated that if all youngsters were as bad as me ... this could not be the truth! I believed it at the time.
Age 13 ... Althgough unbaptized, I was temporarily thrown out of Junior High School for rufusal to say the Pledge of Allegiance and salute the flag. I was just being "obedient" to a parent.
Age 14 ... While forcing me to attend each and every meeting, Mother delivered a child out of wedlock and was DFd. Even though reinstated, she would shamefully never tell my half-brother who his Father was and remained in her denial of guilt for over twenty years until I told this confused fatherless boy the truth!
Age 18 ... I faced an attempted rape charge by a baptized Sister after rufusing to have sex with her in her car. Her father was an elder, therefore the "faithful" believed her story . I was disgraced. Her Christian boyfriend angrily attempted to run me over in a parking lot.
These are but a few real events. I could go on.
Although some may claim that I have misapplied a term, for me these experiences were and are:
A) Traumatic,
B) A Cause of delayed damage and
C) At the root of several unhealthy mental conditions for my entire life
Right or wrong, I will call it PTSD. Somehow, I think many know just what I mean
See Proverbs !8:13
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Does Psychiatry Truely understand JW Post Traumatic Stress Disorders?
by The Berean inthe professionals i have visited don't seem to get it.
they believe you can just get over it and move on .... what say you?.
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The Berean
gubberning body:
That was a yes or no question. Your answer was not helpful. You tossed the burden back on me as if ,first, I never should have asked the question and, then, that I lack understanding. I experienced that approach in the congregation for fifty years!
With disrespect!