hi, i was reading on here a while ago that some of you guys and girls suffer from panic attacks.
how common is this in the jws?
the wife had a bible study today and i was sort of listening looking for a discussion point.
Once I started having doubts about "the truth" my heart would race when we got to the meetings and wouldn't slow down until I left the Kingdom Hall. Once I stopped going to the meetings, I didn't feel panic anymore.
Lots of JWs are on medication for anxiety and depression. It's difficult trying to be someone you're not, and knocking on people's doors when you're super shy! I hope your wife decides to stop studying.
i have just started my new course to be a qualified counsellor.
naturaly i am studying this because of my own background and now i want to help others who have had similar strains on their lives.. i know the pressure that the jw organisation puts on its members, so i was wondering, if you dont mind saying so of course, did any of you attend counselling sessions due to the pressures and problems that the jw life brought along?.
i can imagine that the majority of my old congregation (myself, my dad and my brother included) would need some form of counselling or medication in order to remain sane.
Two counsellors recently told me they both have a few JW patients who are feeling trapped and want to leave the religion.
Now I need counselling to help me deal with learning 'the truth about the truth.' Sending you a PM Mickey Mouse
well, sorta about sex .
myself and two other male jw friends of mine have been fading from jw's in the last year plus or so.
all of our wives are devoted and active jw's.
I discovered TTATT first, and my husband later joined me. I would never have turned him in if it was the other way around.
I asked him to help me understand "this generation" and 607, and later backed off to give him space to make up his own mind.
Mine is one of my favorite Radiohead songs. I was also in a "Nice Dream," but realized it was an illusion.
his reaction wasnt as liberal as i hoped it would be.
he said that we needed to discuss it.
however, gone are the days where im putting myself in the firing line and not sticking up for myself.
Sending you a PM
so i am in my first semester of college, and i'm really enjoying it.
i am already tired since i work full time in addition to going to school full time, but i will get over that hump eventually.
anyway in my english 101 class our first essay due was to be a personal narrative, 4 pages(ish), in mla format using microsoft word.
Great job! I could feel the fear, seeing two brothers in suits at your door...a sight no one wants to see! I'm waiting for a call like this after being MIA for just over a year.
That is also heartbreaking about your friend. I hope one day he realizes how loving you were and apologizes for his actions.
this study edition is an absolute attack on kids going to higher education, and you all are getting too cosy at home with your sky tv and the internet, get out on the doors you idle dogs.. oh and if you have a good job already you could not be putting the kingdum first !.
here is some of the crap in the mag, and the article temporary residents in a wicked world.. 10. .
in view of the imminent end of the present system of things, as jehovahs servants.
My husband had a 3.99 GPA in college, but only took a diploma program because degrees were frowned upon. Now it's going to take him 6 years to get the degree he could have earned 8 years ago.
It's sad to imagine all the wasted talent and potential amonst the young JWs.
today i got accepted to a christian university and we had an earthquake!!!
the college is located here in va and is the largest christian university in the us.
my husband is worried about the money but the fact that it's liberty u upsets him more.. otherwise things are good between us things are tense on meeting days.
Congratulations! What kind of courses are you taking?
i'm not sure where this topic belongs.
the adult & heated debate category, maybe, or jokes & humour.
guess we'll see.
My hall was toxic. It was ruled by an old, hard-nosed brother completely out of touch with reality. And the dysfunctional families creating drama overshadowed the few nice people who really meant well. Even the CO and his wife dreaded visiting our hall because it was so unloving and cold.
In contrast, a trip to Cuba showed how relaxed and happy the JWs were there. They were so full of love and had a completely different vibe than any congregation I've been to in Canada. But perhaps that is because the culture there is more loving and warm in general?
I definitely think some places are worse than others.
..when you got baptised, and when you discovered the truth about the truth?.
me: 20 and 27.
19 and 27
I had doubts at 16 but pushed them aside.
