Posts by truthseekeriam

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Scientology Expose: Katie Holmes & Leah Remini are each the cover story for celebrity mags (People & in Touch)

by Faithful Witness in

side by side, on the grocery store magazine display, i saw two celebrity magazines with cover stories about scientology.

i purchased both.

i find it interesting, how similar this "church" is to the organization of the watchtower.. i thought i'd share some of the interesting quotes from the articles, which are both mostly about leah remini's new book, troublemaker: surviving hollywood and scientology.

truthseekeriam

I'm reading Leah Remini's book right now and I definitely can understand her feelings as if it she were talking about JW's. Their terms may be different but the way they handle things are very similar.

At one point in her book she talks about comforting another "SP"(apostate) and how unlike most people, she understood her pain and what they had put her through. To explain it to someone outside the church would take months, and if you were to explain it to someone inside the church they probably wouldn't care, wouldn't want to hear about it, and would most likely write you up in a knowledge report for even discussing it."

That sure reminded me of what I went through.

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My first Halloween Party

by 3rdgen in

warning!

long post ahead!.

i didn't know what to expect but i was really excited to be invited to accompany my daughter and her closest friends to a large (300+) party held at a famous hot spot.

truthseekeriam

What a fun!! Just shows we may have the whole JW baggage but that doesn't mean we can't have fun and make friends.

Thanks for sharing.

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Honestly, Do You Still Act or Think Like a JW?

by minimus in

jw
friends

or do traces or attitudes still rear its ugly head of your past involvement with the witnesses?

truthseekeriam

I sure hope not, I try really hard to be nothing like them but old habits probably sneak in once and a while.

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Being interviewed by police tomorrow

by moley in

well tomorrow is a big day for me.

i'm finally going to be interviewed by the police about what happened to me as a kid.. im running the whole gamut of emotions at the moment.

sad, anxious, angry, guilt, fear and many more that cannot be quantified.. i feel physically sick, cannot sleep, have lost my appetite and i am desperately trying not to self harm.. i've got my sister to thank for getting this far.

truthseekeriam

We have been through it and can tell you the build up in your head is much worse then the actual interview. Just try and remember the police are professionals and they will treat you in a very caring way. It's nothing like dealing the elders.

I think it's very brave of you to speak up and I hope you get the outcome your looking for.

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Handing out candy

by mikeypants in

growing up my parents would barricade our home off by parking vehicles bumper to bumper - you would have to crawl under the cars or over the bumpers to get to our door.

also, we would turn off all the lights and hide in the back room away from the street.. that was the norm for me.

isnt that insane?

truthseekeriam

We would turn out all lights and hide out in a back room like we were afraid or something...I laugh now!

This was the first year we put up lights and pumpkins and handed out candy. My husband and 18 year old daughter actually dressed up and everything! It was so fun seeing all the excited kids dressed up and so happy.

We are on that road to normalcy right along with you my friend.

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Halloween / Birthday celebration

by River Song in

new to the board, first time posting a topic.

i just wanted to say how refreshing and sometimes funny it has been lurking here.

so much so that i decided to sign up to this message board.

truthseekeriam

It really is exciting and fun isn't it?

We carved pumpkins and will be handing out candy for the first time this year!! By the way we went through 6 pumpkins carving them way too early. Now we know to wait to carve until few days before Holloween..ha ha.

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"Friends" are gone

by BeautifulMind in

i have (well had) an extremely small circle of jw friends.

lots of acquaintances and associates but 2 or 3 i would consider my true friends.

that list is now 0. yup, once i told them i no longer believe in the org and haven't for a long time, and their attempts to encourage me thru jw lingo and terminologies to "rely on jehovah" and not to "stray away" failed that was pretty much it.

truthseekeriam

Even though it's expected, it still hurts.

I think sometimes we think somehow it might be different with OUR friends or OUR family.

Sadly as Leah Remini said last night about breaking from Scientology that they( friends and family) most always choose the church over their relationships with those who leave.

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Where are you from?

by BeautifulMind in

jw
friends

i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

i currently live in georgia, usa.

truthseekeriam

Southern California.

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Hello everyone! I am new here and want to tell you about myself - my bio

by Hollywood20 in

jw
friends

grew up in east la in a bad neighborhood to a black mother and white father.

i never knew my father because he died in a car accident when i was a few weeks old.

my mother converted as a jw soon after when two sisters came to her door and offered her comfort, which was something she needed.

truthseekeriam

I was so hoping your experience would have ended with you leaving and following your dreams.

It's never too late to start a new normal outside this religion. Have enough love for yourself to live for you.

Welcome to the forum and thank you for sharing your very personal story. I wish I could just give you a hug!

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need input: why does my wife do this. when at the meeting she is always nodding her head in agreement

by goingthruthemotions in

so this is just so nauseating to me when she noddes her head in agreement and in a low voice or sound does a "mmm uh" in agrrement.

but here is the deal, she never aswers at the meetings.

she doesn't go out in service often.

truthseekeriam

Maybe she's just nods her head a lot? I know I do the same thing and don't even realize I'm doing it. I certainly wasn't doing it for attention, in fact when I would catch myself I got embarrassed :)