It doesn't sound like you're anti-social. Just introverted. I read a book about a month ago called Introvert Power. It completely changed the way I view myself. I had always been told that I was a social retard, and now I know that that's not true. One of the things in the book that stuck with me was when the author talked about brain scan studies on introverts versus extroverts. To sum it up, introverts have more blood flow and electrical currents flowing through their brain than extroverts. That's why extroverts are more social, because they need more stimulation. So small talk is stimulating for them. With introverts, small talk wears us out and drains our energy. Introvert minds are constantly active, so we need to conserve our energy. It can't be wasted on people we know we're not going to have any deep, meaningful interactions with. It's a book I think every introvert should read. It's very empowering.
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Is it okay to be antisocial?
by AwSnap inever since i was a kid, my father would tell me to quit being antisocial.
to me, i was just playing with my favorite best friend in her room after the bookstudy.
i had no desire to sit amongst the bookstudy group and listen to things that didnt interest me.
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The Greatest Lesson the Watchtower Ever Taught Me
by jamiebowers inthe greatest lesson that the watchtower has taught me is to give the love that has been taken from me.
our mother shuns my brother and me to the extreme.
just this morning she told me on the phone from her hospital bed that we will have to learn her diagnosis through the grapevine.. she wasn't always like this.
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doublelife
Aw.
I just don't know what else to say. That was so beautiful.
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Confronted my mom about the new generation change and now she no longer gives me the koolaid edition WT
by doublelife inso a couple of months ago, i talked to my mom about the new generation teaching, and she gave me the explanation of how generation could mean contemporaries, blah, blah, blah.
anyway, yesterday she sent me a new shipment of literature.
i got the latest public wt, the 2 new brochures, and the jeremiah book.
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I just don't understand why the elders are being so strict with the WT if anyone who wants to can just get it on their website.
jamiebowers: Thanks!
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Confronted my mom about the new generation change and now she no longer gives me the koolaid edition WT
by doublelife inso a couple of months ago, i talked to my mom about the new generation teaching, and she gave me the explanation of how generation could mean contemporaries, blah, blah, blah.
anyway, yesterday she sent me a new shipment of literature.
i got the latest public wt, the 2 new brochures, and the jeremiah book.
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doublelife
True. Darn it.
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Confronted my mom about the new generation change and now she no longer gives me the koolaid edition WT
by doublelife inso a couple of months ago, i talked to my mom about the new generation teaching, and she gave me the explanation of how generation could mean contemporaries, blah, blah, blah.
anyway, yesterday she sent me a new shipment of literature.
i got the latest public wt, the 2 new brochures, and the jeremiah book.
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doublelife
Thanks, but I probably won't be reading them. I don't think my mom knows they're on the website though. She's computer illiterate. I should tell her about the website. Maybe I can get her to stop mailing me packages. I'll just tell her I can read them if I want to from the website.
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Confronted my mom about the new generation change and now she no longer gives me the koolaid edition WT
by doublelife inso a couple of months ago, i talked to my mom about the new generation teaching, and she gave me the explanation of how generation could mean contemporaries, blah, blah, blah.
anyway, yesterday she sent me a new shipment of literature.
i got the latest public wt, the 2 new brochures, and the jeremiah book.
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doublelife
So a couple of months ago, I talked to my mom about the new generation teaching, and she gave me the explanation of how generation could mean contemporaries, blah, blah, blah. Anyway, yesterday she sent me a new shipment of literature. I got the latest public WT, the 2 new brochures, and the Jeremiah book. I just realized today that ever since I talked to her about the jw only April 2010 magazine and pretty much told her that this new meaning sounded ridiculous and too unbelievable, she doesn't send me the jw only editions anymore. Only the public editions for me. I just thought that was interesting. She probably talked about it with other people, and they told her to stop sending me those editions. I guess I'm too "spiritually weak" to understand.
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Ran over my dog today
by BurnTheShips inshe was chasing my car up the road.
i didn't notice her.
she is gone.. bts.
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doublelife
So sorry, BTS!
When my boyfriend was younger, he watched his mom back up over his dog with her van. He was so traumatized over it that he can't have a pet dog anymore. He had to convert to being a cat owner.
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What did you really want to be?
by serenitynow! ini'm trying to impress upon my sister the damage this cult has inflicted on our lives.
it really affected the decisions i made.
i'm a nurse but i never really wanted to be one.
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I always wanted to be either a writer or a model or an actress. Now that I'm 27 and left the borg last year, I can finally pursue whatever I want. But, it makes me angry to think of where I could be in my career right now if the WTS hadn't held me back.
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Watchtower Attorney and new contract for deceased?
by Dogpatch ini'm passing on a question and wanted input on it please:.
recently an xjws mother passed away, when it came to settling the estate.
a watchtower attorney produced a form that she had filled out and.
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Marking this thread too!
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Were You Good At Field Service?
by WalkTall ini used to be in awe at the jw's who were so good at the doors.
they were conversational, informative, and knowledgeable.
i sucked.
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doublelife
WalkTall, it sounds like I could've written that post. I feel the same way.
White Dove, I too went through PI school and was still horrible at it.
When I finally confessed to my non-jw aunt that I wanted out, she said that she thinks somewhere deep inside, I've always known something wasn't right about this religion. I'm pretty sure that's why we were all so bad at it.