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  Life After Escape!

  by StephanieH in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so it has been about a year and a half since i left the jw's, it has been a long hard road but my life is finally great!

  i have actually had several recent magor changes in my life but i feel the peace in which i have been searching for.

  i just spent a month with my mom which was nice even though it didn't go as planned it was good to get to know her a little better.. i actually just moved back to the town i left so that i could be with my mom who is the only family i have left that excepts me.

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  I need help! i am in social limbo!

  by Free!! in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was wondering if some of you can give me some advice in how to get over the fact that i feel so inadequate when trying to make new friends!!

  since i left the borg i have only made about 2-3 close friends... the wts ruined my social skills and i am so depressed because i am afraid of the real world... i know i am ready to move on... but i dont know how.. i feel like i dont belong in there but i dont belong out here either... i am in social limbo.. and it sucks to have no friends.. .

  when i was in i hated the weekends because i was basically forced to go to service, now i hate the weekends because if the few friends i have are busy w their families or partners i am stuck all by myself... :( please give me some pointers i feel super lonely!

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  New Here!!

  by Free!! in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been watching from the sidelines for a while... reading about your experiences and it has helped me a lot!!!.

  i am a 27 yo girl, i converted into a jw @ 20, at was going thru a difficult time in my life and they bastards sucked me in!!!

  i did not realize how controlling things were going to get... about 1 year into my study i moved w another single sister and then baptize, looking back i think i went thru w baptism because i fell pressure by the "loving" congregation that wanted the best for me... i remember coming out of the pool and one of the brothers saying "another victim" and taking a pic of me... anyways, that wasn't the worst of it.... remember single female!!

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  Wake up CALL! It's time to shake off the JW's attitude/personality!

  by StephanieH in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this weekend i found myself again working on my day off, not because i had to i just didn't want to sit at home alone.

  when i told my mom on our daily phone call that i was working again over the weekend she told me that she was worried because over the past few months i have been "over working" myself.. when i got home i sat in my apartment alone, tired, and depressed.

  i phoned my mother once more and we talked for a long while, and cried together.

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  ~Moving forward..searching for a good therapist~

  by freeflyingfaerie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  alright, that's it!

  after writing this, i am on a serious search for a good therapist~.

  i've been coming here on and off for a little over a year now(wish i had found it sooner) ...for validation and clarity in my feelings about how hurtful the religion is...so i don't feel so alone about it, and so i don't feel like i am losing my mind~.

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  I remember an illustration "something" like this in a talk one time LOL

  by therevealer in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife stood before me with some items in front of her.

  without a word, she emptied a large jar of mayonnaise and proceeded to fill the empty jar with rocks right to the top, rocks about 2" diameter, then asked me if the jar was full.

  i agreed that it was.. she then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them in to the jar.

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  A Typical Witnessing Letter from JW Family

  by mummatron in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  thought i'd share this as this is a typical example of the kind of letters i get very occasionally from my jw family.

  in this instance it was sent as my daughter had spent some time in hospital.

  note, very little information in terms of family news.

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  Need your shunning experiences, written or on video

  by jwfacts in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have added a new page at http://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/experiences/shunning-experiences.php with short experiences from people who have been shunned.

  i would like more to add.

  please feel free to post comments on how you are being treated and the affect it is having on their lives.

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  I have just left my parents home and the JW's about six months ago and have found it hard to get over.

  by StephanieH in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i finally desided to leave the witnesses therefore my family and basicly everyone and everything i had ever known.

  i was 19 about to be 20 and i had just finished my first semester at a community college.

  i was shocked at the respons of my father and others about me attending college at first they were ok but behind my back they were pretty much betting on my failier.

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  I love gays :)

  by freeflyingfaerie in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  some of my favorite people are~.

  after leaving the religion, my lesbian couple friends were the most compassionate people, and i will always love them!.

  i am heterosexual, but find gays to be absolutely fabulous!!.

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