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  loosing it!

  by bez in

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  anyone else have any experience of a couple of months after leaving the org...feelings etc??.

  my husband has left too and feels the same as i do.. but we just seem to be arguing constantly at the moment, though i do feel this may be my own fault!

  i feel soooo angry, bitter and annoyed at how things have turned out.

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  thenoblelodge

  jamie -

  If being shunned was easy, the Watchtower wouldn't use it.

  Awesome quote, so very, very true.

  I can remember when I started to lurk on this site someone told an anxious newbie to just stop and BREATHE. I took that advice aswell, I just slowed down and got myself together. When we leave the W/T our thinking can be very shattered and it's like we can't focus on anything except the negative. Start thinking of the positive, make plans (we never did in the borg cos the big A was gonna be here any day....yada, yada).

  During the summer I went through a very dark time. My husband went to work in the morning and I would still be in my pyjammies when he got home. I just sat all day doing nothing, very often not even thinking, I literally did nothing. I would then sit all evening and not say a word...it was just awful. In the end I went for counselling (NLP) and I have gone from strength to strength.

  Don't let them rob you of any more of your life.

  for baby bez
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  I just got a phone call from the branch office....

  by ex-witness in

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  i just received a phone call from the local branch office.

  the person on the phone asked me if i was serious about my letter of disassociation and if i knew what that implied.

  my response.

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  thenoblelodge

  Considering your first comment was the first you ever posted......well it just seems a bit critical of someone you don't know.

  Or do you.........just asking.
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  To Christmas or Not to Christmas (inspired by Watersprout's DA thread)

  by Mad Sweeney in

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  my wife and kid want to do christmas but i don't.

  i am not against it but i have no reason to celebrate the holiday.

  i'll get the kid some presents, and maybe my wife, but is that alone really "celebrating christmas?

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  thenoblelodge

  I went into Town today with hubby and they have christmas trees up in one of the big stores.

  Some people are very serious about it.

  I'm in the UK by the way.
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  I just got a phone call from the branch office....

  by ex-witness in

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  i just received a phone call from the local branch office.

  the person on the phone asked me if i was serious about my letter of disassociation and if i knew what that implied.

  my response.

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  thenoblelodge

  Me thinks lionpaw and ex-witness know each other.

  hmmm where's poopsie I need popcorn.
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  first post

  by antes8080 in

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  i been looking at this site for around five years alot this past two mos.. and am not convince either way... by you guys or the org....

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  thenoblelodge

  Hello Antes.

  Why don't you tell us a bit about yourself?
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  loosing it!

  by bez in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone else have any experience of a couple of months after leaving the org...feelings etc??.

  my husband has left too and feels the same as i do.. but we just seem to be arguing constantly at the moment, though i do feel this may be my own fault!

  i feel soooo angry, bitter and annoyed at how things have turned out.

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  thenoblelodge

  Hi bez,

  You have described a lot of what I felt when I left the Org. Our lives had been so controlled, then suddenly we can make decisions without having to look it up in W/T lit to see if it's ok. We've only been out 18 months and I have gone through so many emotions I could write a book lol.

  It will get better but you will have to put some effort in and start making friends, join classes anything where you can meet people.

  The fact you're only 29... well I wish I was that age again, I'd show you how to live

  Don't worry many have gone through these same emotions and have made lives for themselves.
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  This information source not for me,,,

  by Spade in

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  well, i'm outta here.

  i initially started researching jehovah's witnesses because my wife has been studying with them so i can't digest anymore of the religious hate i'm reading here.

  i was shown this by someone here and told i needed to protect my wife:.

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  thenoblelodge

  KatP sorry but your avatar name makes me lol.

  Anyway welcome to the board.
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  This information source not for me,,,

  by Spade in

  1. watchtower
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  well, i'm outta here.

  i initially started researching jehovah's witnesses because my wife has been studying with them so i can't digest anymore of the religious hate i'm reading here.

  i was shown this by someone here and told i needed to protect my wife:.

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  thenoblelodge

  I agree with all above. Six Screens is creepy and I don't get why he has to be so hateful towards the WTBTS. It can be unproductive to say the least.

  We need to help people out, not send them back in screaming and believing the WT is the only safe place to be.

  www.jwfacts.com is where I learned a lot about the truth about the truth, it's very good and well balanced.
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  Since reaching middle aged adulthood, you ever have moments of uncertainty that frightened you?

  by miseryloveselders in

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  today's been somewhat of a strange day for me, but what concerns me is that i can't provide an explanation why.

  i awoke a couple minutes before my alarm clock went off, as i always do.

  its rare that the alarm wakes me.

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  thenoblelodge

  I've been thinking about this and I wonder if subconsciously you know you need to move on from the WT. Yeah I know you have to stay (for your own reasons) but deep down are you coming to terms with the fact that, for you, the WT is over and you know you can't do it any more. If you are starting to think it's time to move on is it this that is sending you all panicky.

  Sometimes our subconscious tells us stuff we're not ready to hear.

  No way am I saying this is what the reason is, it's just a thought. Hope you're feeling better today.
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  has anyone ever been "outed" by posting?

  by GrandmaJones in

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  has anyone ever been recognized and outed?

  i am trying to not let too much personal information out here, but is there a real concern?.

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  thenoblelodge

  Ha good catch brotherdan.

  If anyone is watching me .........BOO!