Posts by VampireDCLXV

Been looking for you for a while... Could you elaborate more on this in MY thread? PLEASE? Pretty please?
(I've heard that Zid has stepped on your toes but...)

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/198604/1/Calling-all-PAGANS

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Calling all PAGANS....

by VampireDCLXV in

since i don't know what to believe about "god" right now, i'm wondering what a pagan's take on all this is.

consider this a roll call for any and all pagan types out here.

whether you consider yourself pagan, neo-pagan, poly-theist, wiccan or whatevs, i'd like to hear from ya.

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Calling free2beme! Please respond. There are others who promised to post as well...

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If you don't give a s**t about celebrating, feel free to post here.

by VampireDCLXV in

jw
friends

i'll just come out and say it... i don't give a f**k about my birthday.

it's only a painful reminder that i'm one year closer to my grave.

i'm not here to pick a fight with those who do celebrate.

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Ah! Still more! It warms the cockles of my heart.

@OUTLAW,
You've made so many people laugh here, including me. I'm happy to return the favour...

@MsDucky,
If you think you're weird, you're in good company! You're not the only one...

@MrFreeze,
I've know a couple of those as well. If you google it, there's lotsa folks in Internet land who don't bother either.

@believingxjw,
All of it really is empty, isn't it? Just buy, buy, buy...

@EmptyInside,
I've never cared either, and from what I see, I don't think I'm missing out on much. How do you remember as far back as three years old?

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Thousands of people have come and gone from this site....is this part of the healing process???

by Witness 007 in

i see alot of new names here lately and if you look at the log on names here there are thousands who have moved on....every 2 years the posters change.....some vent and leave, others stay on for years.

i guess moving on with your life is a good thing, i think this site helps...any thoughts?.

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or maybe the ones who have left us went back to being a jw again....

Oh, no. If they do that they usually announce their intention to do so here...

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Anyone else here with ADD/ADHD?

by proplog2 in

jw
friends

i have had this problem all my life.

i have a child that also has it.

since people with adhd have a problem fitting into organizations do you think it may be one of the reasons why you just couldn't take the jw's any more.

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Hi CuriousButterfly!

I'll say that most definitely sounds like you DO have ADHD, but I can't diagnose you and self diagnosis is a potentially dangerous thing. There are more things to look at as well. Did you do poorly in school? Did teachers complain about you? How well do you keep up with domestic duties? How is your work performance? Do you do poorly in the social realm? Did you have only a few friends throughout life? There are many questions that have to be asked. ADHD is a lifelong thing and pervades every aspect of life on a chronic and daily basis. There is no adult onset.
Here's is one of many questionnaires you can take to at least give yourself a clue as to whether you really do have it:

http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=974&cn=3

If you have a relatively high score, it would be a could idea to see a doctor about it. Do you have a family doctor? Do you live in or near a large city? You need a doctor to refer you to a specialist. As I've already mentioned, those who can diagnose and treat ADHD are still few and far between. Another couple of links on how ADHD is diagnosed:

http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/how-is-adhd-diagnosed/2/

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/adhd_add_diagnosis.htm

I find it laughable that critics point out that there is no blood test for ADHD. Of course there is no blood test. There are NO blood tests for ANY psychiatric disorders or other known dis-functionalities of the brain. There actually ARE experimental brain scans that show differences between normal brains and those of ones with ADHD but they are rare and experimental. Those who doubt the validity of the psychiatric sciences belong to the 'tin hat brigade' IMO.

Well, good luck and, yes, CuriousButterfly does make sense to this ADHDer. If she really does have ADHD, then she really does have a mind like a butterfly, flitting around, hardly stopping to alight anywhere for long. Poor thing...

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PS: Is it okay if I send you a PM?

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Help me...

by rafreuter in

i wish this weren't the way i greeted the board.

i've been lurking here for about 2 years now, but was unable to really interact because of limitations of my ipod browser (you can't post from there) and the parental controls on my computer.. .

well 2 years later, i'm a big boy, turned 18 and moved out.

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Welcome cherrypye. Will we be hearing your story?

rafreuter. I'll repeat my point. DON'T DO IT! Don't go back. Being in that evirontment WILL make you sick. The depression might drive you around the bend! The heartache will not be worth it. I'll regret 'returning to the fold' every day of my life for as long as I live. You might too...

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Anyone else here with ADD/ADHD?

by proplog2 in

jw
friends

i have had this problem all my life.

i have a child that also has it.

since people with adhd have a problem fitting into organizations do you think it may be one of the reasons why you just couldn't take the jw's any more.

VampireDCLXV

ASO, does it mean that laverite knows much about ADHD? Not necessarily. Experts in the field are few and far between. He will have to speak to that himself...

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