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  why do I keep losing sleep over silly stuff?

  by finding my way in

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  i keep finding myself posting things on here and then feeling extremely embarrased for sharing my point of view.

  like i can't handle anyone disagreeing with my viewpoint.

  last night i had a hard time falling asleep because of what someone posted in response to my comment.

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  If we had the same discussions face to face, i think many of these discussions would be a bit more restrained and not so opinionated.

  Totally agree
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  why do I keep losing sleep over silly stuff?

  by finding my way in

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  i keep finding myself posting things on here and then feeling extremely embarrased for sharing my point of view.

  like i can't handle anyone disagreeing with my viewpoint.

  last night i had a hard time falling asleep because of what someone posted in response to my comment.

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  Heartbreaker- Thank you for the advice on writing a list. I think that might really help. I'm reading 3 books right now (one on cult mind control, one of Franz's books and a pregnancy book) and 3 months away from having my first baby. I think you are right about a lot of changes going on right now. Slowing down and sorting it out on paper might really help.

  p.s. I wrote you a reply message.

  Gopher-Thank you for sharing. My family life was full of conflict, but as a child I learned to avoid it when I could by leaving the room or something but there were times when I felt like my Mother was actually forcing me to argue. She would come in my room and sit by my head on the bed (where I would go to avoid her) and bounce up and down unless I would finish what she considered a conversation (clearly a yelling match). So as a family we didn't avoid conflict but I never ever felt like I could win, even though I knew my Mother was clearly wrong. I agree that variety in opinion is nice and I do need to learn to not take it personal if someone doesn't agree. That maybe they don't feel ill of me like you said. That seems so much harder done than said. I'm used to picturing people saying bad things "what an idiot',"She mispelled that" about me or thinking bad things about me. I guess it will just take time.

  ~fmy
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  I survived a 3 minute open mic

  by Irreverent in

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  at a local comedy club.

  it was something that i always wanted to do!!

  two of my co-workers came to witness my performance.

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  Awesome!!
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  why do I keep losing sleep over silly stuff?

  by finding my way in

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  i keep finding myself posting things on here and then feeling extremely embarrased for sharing my point of view.

  like i can't handle anyone disagreeing with my viewpoint.

  last night i had a hard time falling asleep because of what someone posted in response to my comment.

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  I keep finding myself posting things on here and then feeling extremely embarrased for sharing my point of view. Like I can't handle anyone disagreeing with my viewpoint. Last night I had a hard time falling asleep because of what someone posted in response to my comment. I couldn't let it go. I also lose sleep at night worrying about never talking to my family again or dreaming up conversation where I can never get my point across. This is something that happens to me a lot but not as often as it used to. Its usually when I have a disagreement with someone, but now it's turned into not being able to handle webpage disagreements. I feel completely lame that my confidence can dip so low over stupid stuff. There's some anxiety there obviously but i can seem to get rid of it. What is up with me?! any incites? advice?

  don't be mean or i might go cry

  Joking. Or am I..?

  ~fmy
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  Email & Texting.....The JW way of personal communication

  by Girlie in

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  i came across an email this morning from an old jw acquaintance, stating that she hasn't heard from me in a while (about 4 or 5 months) and was wondering how i am doing.

  she goes into this spiel about how she is mentally exhausted from family, ministry, etc.

  she then ask me to contact her at home after 3 p.m., leaving her phone number.

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  Maybe she lost your number or deleted it and she doesn't want you to know that she doesn't have your number anymore..
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  Sexual Frigidity is Caused by Feminism--wt quoted this author

  by rebel8 in

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  so as not to hijack another thread, i'm going off on my rantangent here.. in the other thread i posted a 1960s wt quote about women having puny brains, being incapable of leading or making decisions, being ruled by their menstrual constitution and weak musculature.

  blahbety blah blah blah.

  if you want more gems, just google "watchtower quotes women" and read to your heart's content.. i got to thinking, who is this broad they quoted as a source, dr. marie n. robinson?

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  You are all too funny

  I'm glad you posted the arcticle about the cows! I had read something about that before and I was curious about it. Hilarious!

  ~fmy
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  Fellow student killed in car wreck last night.

  by John Doe in

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  i just got an email from the dean.

  i didn't know him well, but we are listed as friends on facebook.

  it's really an odd feeling looking at his facebook page and reading all the comments from the people in shock, but what's really weird is seeing his last status update--20 hours ago.

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  I'm so sorry :(

  I know the odd feeling. My school friends and I lost a friend from an overdose about a year and a half ago. He's still on our friendslists...it just seems wrong to delete him even though we know he's gone.

  ~fmy
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  Swine Flu Shot Is Good? Maybe Not

  by t33ap80c in

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  take a look.... tp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/21/special-swine-flu-update.aspx#.

  don cameron.

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  sorry, I'm on Hawaii time and had to be at work, then dinner, now back online.

  I understand the FEAR instilled by the media about people who are "anti-vaccine". I do believe most are not actually anti vaccine but believe there should be a better schedule and "cleaner" ingredients. I think it's a bad idea to completely ignore the other side of the story. I'm not anti-vaccine even but I do believe they give out too many. They don't allow our immune systems to work naturally. There is also a portion of the cost of every vaccine that goes into a fund to pay people who have been severely damaged by the vaccines themselves. This tells me something...I think limiting vaccines and delaying them is wise. I realize that certain vaccines are for things that have been virtually irradicated in the US and why not wait until a child is older and stronger to shoot them up with these ones. Also chickenpox.. I had them, and I'd rather let my children get the pox, than give them an extra dose of harmful ingredients.

  There are studies that prove vaccines can cause brain damage and/or Guillain-Barré syndrome among other things. There's no guarantee that a vaccine will work and many of things they vaccinate for are not as serious as the complications from vaccines. DEATH is even listed on inserts as a possible side effect.. there are really too many points for me to type here, but i've read a lot about it and vaccines aren't safe for everyone. Some people just can't handle the amount of toxins without having serious side effects.

  They don't test the effects of multiple vaccines together, yet they don't hesitate to administer several at once. There is something wrong with that. Especially considering the fact that many people come forward insisting their children changed drastically within a week or so of being given vaccinations. There's a large community of people out there that have been negatively effected. It's wrong and hurtful to ignore them.

  It can be compared to many of our stories about religion.. Many of our famlies and closest friends wont even discuss things with us/or believe us because of their hard core belief in something we don't agree with. Also people who have legitimate concerns are "punished" and feared, viewed as stupid when in reality they have probably read more than the average person about the subject. (like being scared of an "apostate" and immediately discrediting what they are saying because they oppose what the Watchtower (in this case the CDC recommends..))What's wrong with educating yourself about the other side of the story?!

  ~fmy
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  Swine Flu Shot Is Good? Maybe Not

  by t33ap80c in

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  take a look.... tp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/21/special-swine-flu-update.aspx#.

  don cameron.

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  yeah, I'm STILL listening to it. I'm already obsessed with learning more and more about the vaccine debate though.

  ~fmy
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  Swine Flu Shot Is Good? Maybe Not

  by t33ap80c in

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  take a look.... tp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/21/special-swine-flu-update.aspx#.

  don cameron.

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  Elsewhere- Then there's the debate of just how "safe" is the ordinary shot? Did you watch the video?