To answer your question about the brand: Peter Gillhman's Natural Vitality; Natural Calm. You should be able to find it at any general vitamin store, health food stores, or on-line.
startingovernow
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Insomniacs...your tricks for staying asleep?
by restrangled inpersonally i have tried ambien,....yes puts me out but i am up in 2 to 3 hours.....heavy doses borrowed from those taking it for years.
they are shocked it dosen't keep me down.
i just wake up woozey....i hate it.. i can fall asleep easy but just dont stay asleep....its absolutely awful.. i wake up probably 3 times a night if not more, ....i take the dog out, whether he wants to or not, go out smoke a cig and then go back to sleep.. what i find helps me is very fresh ironed sheets with lavendar scent.....that will give me 3 hours without waking up.. the blankets can't be too cold or too hot,..which is almost impossible to get perfect,....the pillows cant be too hard or too soft....i have at least 6 on the bed to choose from..... what the hell is wrong with me?
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Anyone have a soft spot for old video games?
by John Doe inhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bco8bepgzi0.
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All things Pac Man - I had a Pac Man watch as a child, didn't want to get on the plane to Disney World because I had gotten the farthest I had ever gotten on Ms. Pac Man at the airport and didn't want to have to stop. Nowadays when I see Ms. Pac Man I will play until my arm aches!
Frogger
Carnival
Donkey Kong
Dig Dug
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Therapy?
by BirdFood ini was just curious how many ex-jw's are in therapy to work through the shunning, family issues, bad experiences while still in, etc.
i go every other week, and sometimes i feel like it's helpful, and other times i feel like it doesn't really change anything and wonder if it's even worth going.
it's not horrible, but it's not really enjoyable to go either and sometimes i feel like my therapist just doesn't understand the manitude of the situation.
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So much really does depend on the therapist. And you are right, very few are familiar with working with ex-cult members. Might be worth looking into finding one if you can. Other than that you can read and give a copy of the books "Combatting Cult Mind Control" and "Take Back Your Life" so you both are on the same page.
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WATCHTOWER 15/10/09 RE. D/F'D FRIENDS
by BluesBrother inthis is the 4th study article, to be studied christmas week as it happens.
title - "maintaining friendships in a loveless world".
para 2 "today, what a pleasure it is to be associated with a worldwide organization whose members follow the pattern set by first century christians.
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This article shows just how much the Society gives a warped view of friendship. So conditional.
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Pentateuch
by Pippa inhello.
can anyone tell me who wrote the pentateuch?
i'd be interested to hear.. pippa.
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Yes, JWs are taught that Moses wrote the 1st 5 books of the Bible. They are taught to doubt any teaching other than what the Society says is true, so millions of JWs have never looked into the Documentary Hypothesis.
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Insomniacs...your tricks for staying asleep?
by restrangled inpersonally i have tried ambien,....yes puts me out but i am up in 2 to 3 hours.....heavy doses borrowed from those taking it for years.
they are shocked it dosen't keep me down.
i just wake up woozey....i hate it.. i can fall asleep easy but just dont stay asleep....its absolutely awful.. i wake up probably 3 times a night if not more, ....i take the dog out, whether he wants to or not, go out smoke a cig and then go back to sleep.. what i find helps me is very fresh ironed sheets with lavendar scent.....that will give me 3 hours without waking up.. the blankets can't be too cold or too hot,..which is almost impossible to get perfect,....the pillows cant be too hard or too soft....i have at least 6 on the bed to choose from..... what the hell is wrong with me?
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Physical activity and being out in sun during day
Magnesium before bed
When I'm up because I'm thinking about too many things, MP3 player set to relaxation tape or a book
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Is it easier to recover from physical abuse or mental abuse?
by The Berean inor are the two connected?.
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I'm wondering what prompted you to ask...
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craig fergussion just now...he went on about cedar point ohio????
by oompa inin his intro it was.....somebody in the audience was from sandusky me thinks she said......and he went on how that was near cedarpoint......several times he mentioned it?....wtf???........oompa.
well damm...i just edited this after a google........and it says cedar is the roller coaster capital of the world???????
?.........geeze learn something new everday...and ya......i love coasters..........
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There is a picture there with the caption, 'Russelites.'
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Has there been a JW Facebook directive?
by Gregor inor is it just the usual internet cautions?.
i have an jw aunt who abruptly de activated her fb account yesterday..
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thebigdebate,
For some reason that me me laugh!
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Were you or someone you know sexually molested by a Jehovah's Witness ?
by flipper indue to the fact there are about 27,000 members of this religion that are known pedophiles, and the information about it is kept in a secret database file, i wonder how many lurking jw's as well as others are aware of the severity of this problem?
remember, it's 27,000 pedophiles that they know about.
what about the thousands that don't get caught?
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I wish I knew for sure. There was a wife of a prominent elder who was abused by a family member. I don't know if that family member was a JW or not. At the time I didn't think to ask, since I wasn't raised in the religion and thought it was a safe place to be. This woman, understandably, was pretty screwed up. She had an eating disorder as a result of her abuse and she did not speak to those that were not members of her family or specially select few people of choice. Any rudeness or inappropriate behavior as an elder's wife to people like me was excused by her past. I went through a lot of inappropriate unscriptural handling of things by this family and it always came back to excusing them because of her abuse, which I tried to do. I only wish I had considered the bigger picture of things. If I had considered that the relative had been a JW, I would have hopefully started to question the organization, instead of being bogged down with just a few people. My excusing a few people for their "imperfection" is what kept me in physically and emotionally for way to long. If I had known what goes on behind closed doors of the organizational directives, I would have hoped I'd had the sense to leave long ago.
Years later I did hear gossip of someone who had been abused by a M.S. The sister telling me related the account in such a way that I did not know what to think or believe. She told me about a girl she knew who said she was abused by another JW, and then smiled and said in a sing-song tone, "he's still a brother today." I remember being confused and disturbed, but by that time I had heard so many stories by JWs I didn't know what was true or not, and the fact that "he was still a brother" indicated to me that the sister was implying that it was the girl who was making things up. Boy, oh boy. This was after the Dateline show, which I missed. I'm so sad that I was part of an organization that let's abuse go on while claiming that no matter what may happen, "Jehovah will take care of it in the end." This discussion is making me think back to the sister that related the story. She knew the girl personally. I don't know how someone who was directly told they had been abused could be OK with it, go on being a JW, and then gossiping about it like it was just like any other story...