HintOfLime

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  scared of the birds

  by bibledike in

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  i was raised as a j dub since i was a little girl.

  i'm 22 now and i'm still scared of those damn birds.

  i got baptized when i was ten so it was beat hard in me that the birds were going to eat all the wicked people.

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  HintOfLime

  I too have a few irrational fears I am combatting. One method I use may work well in this case:

  Print or write out on a piece of paper the thought you want to get across to the amygdala - the fear center of the brain. The amygdala is very fast at sending messages to the rest of the brain when it's triggered, but can only receive messages slowly, and when it's not in a paniced state. (From what I've read.. I'm not a neurologist.) So print out on a piece of paper the message you want to send to the amygdala. Something simple like "My fear of birds is irrational. Birds do not equal danger." Use big text and bold colors. Place this peice of paper someplace you spend a lot of time, such as next to your computer. Each time you set down at your desk, get into a habit of reading this paper. Over time, your amygdala will get the message.

  Interestingly, the watchtower employs a similar strategy of bombarding the brain with their message 3 or more times a week. Becasuse watchtower thinking is repeated so frequently, and so emotionally (condemnation, guilt, punishment) - they can very successfully emplant neural associations to trigger sometimes without our even realizing it.

  It took a while for your brain to learn the watchtower pattern, so give your brain adaquate time and training to relearn out of it.

  - Lime
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  ITS ONLY OVER 1 HOUR TO MY BIRTHDAY

  by badboy in

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  who wishes to congralute me.

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  HintOfLime

  Happy birthday badboy!

  - Lime
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  My husband's 1st birthday party....he's 25

  by homeschool in

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  ok, i am seriously on the verge of crying, but i think i'll be ok. my first emotion is being totally pissed off, but the root is sadness.

  i threw my husband his first birthday party, a surprise at that.. it's his first ever birthday party, and it was his 25th....a biggie.

  so why the f&*% didnt people show?

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  If I were still married and celebrating my first birthday party.. the only thing I'd really be thinking about is the birthday sex.

  - Lime
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  Bethel accepting Gifts for Ted Jaracz {Gov. body} after stroke! What will you send him?

  by Witness 007 in

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  bethel has asked for us to stop calling and send flowers and gifts to the bethel address, so............i'm sending ted a bucket of kfc chicken, 6 big mac's,......47 crispy creme dougnuts.......144,000 oreo cookies!

  2 litres of pepsi and 100 coupons for free coffee at starbucks......get well soon mate from witness 007!

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  A big jug of vodka, and a huge birthday cake with 2 strippers inside ready to pop out.

  Because I think he deserves at least one taste of what it's like to be a normal human before he goes. And because I'm fun like that.

  - Lime
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  Can anyone interpret dreams?

  by FiveShadows in

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  i had this dream but it's taking me some time to understand it.

  quite frankly, it's bothering me bcause it just feels like it has some sort of meaning.. .

  the dream:.

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  HintOfLime

  Sorry, I misread it the first time.. the old man and death are two different characters...

  I guess some more obvious questions to ask would be:

  • Is there something you do not want to face right now?
  • Is there something you feel you are going to have to do battle with?
  • Are you afraid you will become something that you fear or don't like?

  (You don't have to post answers here.. just food for thought)

  - Lime
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  Can anyone interpret dreams?

  by FiveShadows in

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  i had this dream but it's taking me some time to understand it.

  quite frankly, it's bothering me bcause it just feels like it has some sort of meaning.. .

  the dream:.

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  HintOfLime

  I worked with a jungian analyst (psycologist that specializes in dreams) for 3 years, and basically each session went like this:

  1. I would relate my latest dream to him.

  2. We would identify key symbols.

  3. He would have me make my best guess at what the situations and scenarios meant. Use your instinct, and try to be honest with yourself. The most difficult symbols tend to be things you won't admit to yourself or face. (For example, an alcoholic might not be able to admit to themselves they have a problem - and simply can't 'see' that a particular symbol relates to a subconcious concern that they are losing control. The first thought they have upon considering what the symbol means might even be 'alcohol'.. but they'll ignore it and keep looking for other fits.)

  Occationally he would offer hints when dream imagery that is common amoung people would pop up.

  Best not to have someone else try to analyze it, however, as they'll try to implant ideas that don't fit and lead off course. Only you know your life and your struggles.

  With each symbol, try to identify something about yourself or your situation that 'feels right'. For example, with the old man, is there something about yourself or your situation that you are currently afraid of? Do you have an inclination or a part of you that you don't like? Etc.

  - Lime
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  If smoking is a disfellowshipping offence, why isn't masturbation?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  masturbation isn't directly mentioned in the bible but neither is smoking.

  many of the reasons given for disfellowshipping smokers seem to also apply to masturbation: a form of uncleanness, a defilement of the flesh, letting an addictive thing become king over us, a form of covetousness.. why are occasional, habitual smokers disfellowshipped and shunned, yet chronic masturbators, of which the organisation is of course replete, do not even get a slap on the wrist (excuse the pun)?.

  yadda.

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  I suspect because if they started disfellowshiped people for masturbating... they would quickly run out of members. It's not a moral thing, it's a practical thing.

  Besides, how many people masturbate with at least two witnesses present?

  - Lime
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  Would you be willing to accept apology from someone that has hurt you?

  by asilentone in

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  if it was a very sincere apology from the heart, i would accept the apology.

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  HintOfLime

  Of course, if it was sincere. That's part of being human.

  - Lime
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  I need tech help

  by JeffT in

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  my wife is trying to attach some music files to a slide show she's putting together for the end of the school year.

  the slide show is in adobe elements and the music is downloaded mpg3 files from napster.

  the first music file loaded ok. all the others are telling us they won't load because we're missing a codec file.

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  HintOfLime

  My suggestion would be to use something other than Photoshop Elements to create a silde show. (You can create a slide show in Elements? Hell, I wouldn't even use that feature if it was part of Photoshop CS4)

  Try Powerpoint.. it's the industry standard for slide shows, and can be purchased as part of Office at Best Buy. If you don't want to pay anything, and just need a slide-show, try Microsoft Movie Maker, which is free with Windows XP and Vista. It may load the audio file.

  - Lime
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  After the Smurfs ... JWs paranoia hits again

  by behemot in

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  i read on an ex-jws italian forum that in certain congregations witnesses are getting rid of their hello kitty toys.

  the reason?

  well, it's because the hello kitty is mouthless ... and that's how the "story" (the metropolitan legend) goes: .

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  HintOfLime

  Anyway, she said a smurf got up and walked down the aisle during a public talk one Sunday when she was visiting another cong.

  I heard the same story, of course.. but the names were changed. Imagine - it happened in TWO different places! Amazing!

  Of course, now that we are in the age of camera cell phones.. and there are at least 3 dozen video cameras sitting idle at every meeting.. maybe we can finally see some of these demonic phenomenon with our own eyes! (don't hold your breath)

  - Lime