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  How do you deal with depression?

  by BlackWolf in

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  i'm currently going through a bout of depression and my eating disorder has gotten worse.

  ever since my parents actually told me that they are going to kick me out when i turn 18 i've felt kind of hopeless about my life.

  my parents won't take me to the doctor because the psychiatrists won't have my "best interests" aka jw crap in mind, because really that's the root of all my problems.. i'm wondering if any of you guys have any advice with dealing with depression?

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  Tenacious:

  "Tell your parents you plan on writing a letter to Brooklyn expressing their desire to kick you out and you going through a depression stage. I'm sure that will make them sit up quickly because they know that their masters do not advocate kicking someone out merely because they don't buy the crap their selling.

  Moreover, tell them that you are on the border of suicide and if and when you do go, you'll be mailing a letter to the local news spelling out why you did it and what led you to it. But be sure to mention this in your letter to Brooklyn."

  I think that's a really bad idea. All that will do is infuriate parents that are already hard to deal with. The thing to do is not to make waves. Yes, stand up for yourself, but don't do anything to cause unnecessary conflict. If you try to stay composed, you'll show them that you are more mature than they gave you credit for...Ride it out and make your plans...

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  How do you deal with depression?

  by BlackWolf in

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  i'm currently going through a bout of depression and my eating disorder has gotten worse.

  ever since my parents actually told me that they are going to kick me out when i turn 18 i've felt kind of hopeless about my life.

  my parents won't take me to the doctor because the psychiatrists won't have my "best interests" aka jw crap in mind, because really that's the root of all my problems.. i'm wondering if any of you guys have any advice with dealing with depression?

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  Wolf, I'm sorry you are depressed. Being trapped as an under age exjw in a jw household...Anyone would be, given the circumstances. I deal with depression also.

  Reaching out like you just have can help. Are you able to come and go freely? Do you have a car? I highly recommend leaving the toxic household as often as you can. Spend some time out of doors. Go to the park. Start putting together a plan for when they kick you out, and if they don't kick you out, leave anyway. Do you have a job? If not, start thinking about supporting yourself. Focus on a household exit plan.

  You have your whole life ahead of you. You're leaving the cult at an early age. I'd give my left nut to be your age again, take advantage of your precious youth!

  Just try and divert your mind to getting out and making plans for doing so. It might help you feel better to concentrate on that.

  I am sending you a huge internet HUG! We're here for you sparky!

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  P.S. Hang in there kiddo! Stay away from drugs and alcohol! They will only make thing worse.
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  This Thing That Was My Mother

  by TimeBandit in

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  this thing that was my mother.

  this thing that was my mother, so withered and blackened now,.

  was once so kind and loving, but things have changed somehow.. remember when you'd hold me, and soothe my childhood fears?.

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  @ Perry: She started her bat shit crazy behavior long before I left the JWs. That might be true on most cases, but borderline personality disorder knows no boundaries. Thanks though.

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  Here's a view on homosexuality for you...

  by konceptual99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...right from a pro-jw site in response to a post about the relative seriousness of homosexuality.

  all you can do is reason from the scriptures, which you appear to have done.

  homosexuality is as serious as bestiality, or adultery and fornication.

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  Live and let live. Homosexuals, from what I have seen are peaceful people who just want to live their lives. How many wars were started by homosexuals? How many were started by straight people in the name of religion? In my mind war and killing is a much bigger issue.

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  Video: Dear Believer, Why Do You Believe?

  by Believer in

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  2. experiences

  i was asked to view the video “dear believer, why do you believe?” i said i would and i would publish my comments about it.

  so here are my comments.

  after my post, i hope other believers will post theirs comments about it.

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  I believe what I can see with my own eyes and can feel in my own heart.

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  Gift giving

  by ab.ortega in

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  whenever we had the c/o visit or a special speaker at an assembly, etc.

  i used to give the "brother" or couple a thank you note with some cash.

  also did it with our tour guides at bethel branches.

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  I like the idea ab, The only thing I would change about it would be to include some Monopoly money and some of those plastic coins from the toy section.

  Great post...

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  We're not he only ones--lol

  by eyeuse2badub in

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  found this article today on yahoo news;.

  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/26/when-leaving-religion-costs-you-everything.html.

  just saying!.

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  Too bad he didn't include JWs in his article. I never really thought about whether or not any other religions had a shunning practice. Thanks for posting this. I didn't know.

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  100-million man hours

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
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  the james webb telescope is set to launch in october of 2018 and will allow us to study the formation of first generation stars, the molecular clouds that became the first galaxies, and directly image exoplanets.

  roughly one hundred times more powerful than the hubble space telescope the jwst is going to push back the current boundaries of science.. this is what 100-million man hours can accomplish.. .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8p0samsz7m.

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  This is amazing! 100 times more powerful than the Hubble telescope.

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  This Thing That Was My Mother

  by TimeBandit in

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  this thing that was my mother.

  this thing that was my mother, so withered and blackened now,.

  was once so kind and loving, but things have changed somehow.. remember when you'd hold me, and soothe my childhood fears?.

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  @ Simon: That makes you my brother...

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  Observations: If man is merely a machine and the universe is merely a mechanism .

  by Believer in

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  observations: if man is merely a machine and the universe is merely a mechanism .... if men were only machines, they would react more or less uniformly to a material universe.

  individuality, much less personality, would be nonexistent.. materialism reduces man to a soulless automaton and constitutes him merely an arithmetical symbol finding a helpless place in the mathematical formula of an unromantic and mechanistic universe.

  but whence comes all this vast universe of mathematics without a master mathematician?

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  There is a section here in which to post topics for debate.

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