Posts by pettygrudger

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Do you feel you will always be "different" from the "world" ?

by LyinEyes in

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all of my life,, except for the last two years i was a jw, and i wonder if i will always feel like i am still so very different from the rest of most everyone i know.

i guess i still feel like i am on the "outside" looking in, in on the world of the people i was so alienated from for so long.. i celebrate birthdays, all the holidays, i stand for the national anthemn, but still it does not quiet feel second nature to me .

as i stand watching my son play high school football, my mind is always wandering on the marvel of what i am seeing.

pettygrudger

No - you will not always feel this way. Some of this "baggage" you will carry, like a scar for your whole life, true. BUT, you will learn to "forget" the scar, it will become un-noticeable after time. Your children will have an easier time of it - by the time they are adults they will have had opportunity to readjust.

Plus, as you meet more in the "world" and truly begin revolving life around something outside the truth, you realize that EVERYONE comes with their own quirks. They have their own baggage, their own scars. And then one day it WILL dawn on you, that you are, and always have been, more "alike" than you are different from everyone else around you. You just happened to follow a different path to getting to now.

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Am I being paranoid or something? - Advice Please

by TresHappy in

i need some advice.

i have something mentally tearing me up and i think it's been getting to me.

i have a large extended family (4 siblings) and i have been many nieces and nephews.

pettygrudger

I wouldn't worry too much Tres Happy - it's not you. I have a s-i-l exactly like that. The only people she will allow to have the kids are her parents, her in-laws or only 1 best friend. EVERYONE else, including her own siblings is no no's.

Some parents are just a little over-protective.

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Why are ugly people bad?

by confusedjw in

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when i was a pre-teen i became aware of how someone?s looks at birth made such an impact on their lives.

first by the fact that all the bad guys in movies were ugly and the good guys were handsome.

i would wonder why ugly people were bad or was it that bad people became ugly?

pettygrudger

"Shallow Hal" anyone?

Seriously though, I think a person who most might consider "unattractive" can become beautiful very easily due to their personality. Some of the most beautiful people I know aren't exactly "10's" on the attractive scale. "Beauty is as Beauty does" truly does mean something.

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What ANNOYS you personally?

by little1 in

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i read the "what offends you?

" thread, but i think i get more annoyed than offended by things.

there's a difference.. here are some things that annoy me.

pettygrudger

BrendaCloutier - are you related to a Jason by any chance? If you are - pm me!!!!

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What ANNOYS you personally?

by little1 in

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i read the "what offends you?

" thread, but i think i get more annoyed than offended by things.

there's a difference.. here are some things that annoy me.

pettygrudger

Every store I go into seems to come equipped with a screaming kid. Take them outside, people, no one wants to hear it.

As a mother with a child w/Autism, I can say this isn't always the case. With our lil ones, one can't know when going out what will cause a melt down. It could be a sound, it could be the lights, it could be a smell. And you can't just leave them at home!

I was at the grocery store when my son was 5-6(?).....something really made him go nuts very close to the end of our shopping excursion. I had an entire shopping cart full of groceries - I couldn't just leave & come back. I'm standing in line with my groceries, embarrassed, frustrated, almost to the point of tears myself. My son (non-verbal) is crying & kicking out at me - there is no "discipline" or distraction that can correct this problem! A woman standing behind me does her "tut tut" thing, and says aloud, "what that child needs is a good old fashioned spanking". I lost it, turned to her & said "After going to 10's of doctors, after paying over tens of thousands in psychologists/behavior therapists & different types of therapies, I finally found the answer to my problem is a *%^C@@ $ grocery store!". Course I was crying by this point. The gentleman behind her applauded, offered to run my groceries to the car after I had paid so that I could handle my son. That man's a hero in my eyes.

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Gall Bladder....Is yours in or out?

by morty in

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so here's the deal and question...... .

about 9 years ago i had pain so bad it sent me to emergency to find out what was going on...needless to say they admitted me to find out what was going on because i had pain like this 3 times before but did not go to the hospital...i ended up going to the or to have my gall bladder removed and remained in the hospital for a total of 11 days....when all was said and done they said i was curred now and would never experince that kind of pain again... ( i was eating kfc when the pain started.

since then i have not touched the stuff) .

pettygrudger

Now that is weird - the way they do it nowadays - I was out after 1 night (the Anesthesiologist just needed to make sure no after affects from the anesthesia).

I didn't know that about the protein WH! thanks! Guess I'm gonna have to do a liver cleansing too!

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Gall Bladder....Is yours in or out?

by morty in

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so here's the deal and question...... .

about 9 years ago i had pain so bad it sent me to emergency to find out what was going on...needless to say they admitted me to find out what was going on because i had pain like this 3 times before but did not go to the hospital...i ended up going to the or to have my gall bladder removed and remained in the hospital for a total of 11 days....when all was said and done they said i was curred now and would never experince that kind of pain again... ( i was eating kfc when the pain started.

since then i have not touched the stuff) .

pettygrudger

(((morty))) - btw - saw your comments, and I will get with ya soon!

I also had my gall bladder removed a few years ago, and have had a couple of those types of attacks since. As the gall bladder's function is to store bile when it's not being used, it's possible that due to whatever combination of food, activity and drink you had, your body made a little too much ....I don't know if one can develop gall stones if they don't have a gall bladder, but if the pain continues you should probably have your doctor check it out.

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Anyone been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder?

by YellowLab in

i was recently diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and depression at 32 years old.

i also have obsessive/compulsive tendencies (ocd), as well as mild motor and vocal tics since i was very young (characteristic of tourette's syndrome).

i'm currently on medication.

pettygrudger

Yellowlab - I would recommend you have yourself tested for heavy metals in your system. Some of the research coming in from around the country shows that alot of individuals w/ADD/ADHD & other "neurological disorders" come from a build-up of heavy metals in the system, thus blocking normal neuro-transmitters that send out appropriate signals in the brain.

It's called breaking the blood/brain barrier. In a nutshell, as these heavy metals get caught up in the liver and are unable to be processed, the liver pushes it into the digestive tract, which can't handle the overload either, so then pushes it into the blood stream where they come to rest in the brain. Once in the brain, they block normal neuro transmissions.

http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/test19.html Is a great place to get tested for what you are diagnosed with. Except for the United States, most countries have come to realize that alot of these disorders, as well as auto-immune disorders are directly attributable to the Western diet. That's why the problem isn't as bad in places where the diet is healthier, and less filled with dairy, wheat & sugars.

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Fibromyalgia..........................

by morty in

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so do any of you have it or any info on it????.

just to add to my regular cronic back pain that i live with, i now have been diagnosed with full blown fibromyalgia.

i am looking for all the info i can get, as the doctors answers are more pills....i am sick to death with pills now!!!!!!!!!!!

pettygrudger

Michelle - just remember, when they do the testing, make sure they include the analysis of what treatment will work best for your body chemistry.

Nystatin is usually the "drug" of choice, but actually many individuals do not have a positive affect with this. In some persons, "garlic" or other medications actually are more efficient and prove to have the best outcome.

It won't "cure" the symptoms overnight, but for those individuals that have actually stuck with it for more than 30 days, the results have been extremely positive. Most people won't stick with it, because based on western medicine, it's easier to put a bandaid on the symptoms, instead of curing the root cause.

As far as the boys - maybe it would be good to have them tested for the heavy metals - that's actually a bigger contributing factor to ADD & ADHD than the yeast thing.

Let us know how it turns out for you! :)

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Fibromyalgia..........................

by morty in

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so do any of you have it or any info on it????.

just to add to my regular cronic back pain that i live with, i now have been diagnosed with full blown fibromyalgia.

i am looking for all the info i can get, as the doctors answers are more pills....i am sick to death with pills now!!!!!!!!!!!

pettygrudger

Morty - per our conversation yesterday, here is a great site to help you get started - simple tests to determine whether or not the yeast overgrowths in your body are causing this condition:

http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/fibromyalgia.html

P.S. Diet has also been contributed to ADD & ADHD as well, for those that might be interested.

Ditto all Nan said