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  Diane Benscoter on how cults rewire the brain

  by SophieG in

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  a ted talk!.

  very interesting!.

  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ex_moonie_diane_benscoter_how_cults_think.html.

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  A TED TALK!
  Very interesting!

  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/ex_moonie_diane_benscoter_how_cults_think.html
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  demon posession?

  by perfect1 in

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  my gradmother used to tell me about a catholic icon at her aunt's house which was demon possesed and once blinked at her.

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  any other good stories of possession from people you know?.

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  I have not heard the voices as an adult, but as a kid I heard voices all the time saying my name.

  Cage Fighter: Me too...as a child...what is that??? Over-imaginative mind of a child? :(
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  demon posession?

  by perfect1 in

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  my gradmother used to tell me about a catholic icon at her aunt's house which was demon possesed and once blinked at her.

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  any other good stories of possession from people you know?.

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  Oh..I do have a story. A sister in my hall went to NY and came back with photo of herself and 2 other sisters …the sister in the middle of the shot looked really of ODD. I asked the other sister what was wrong with her. She told me that the sister was once a special pioneer who had gotten some money from a suspected witch doctor (while she was pioneering in Haiti) and subsequently had problems with the demons. Now looking back I have to wonder is the sister actually had a progressive physical/or mental illness that caused her to look the way she did. But back then, I was gullible and I bought the story! At the same time, I don't mess with Haitians. Nice folk, but that ju-ju aint no joke!

  Now..even though I understand the sleep paralysis, I will say I have had some ODD things happen to me…especially as a child, that to this day when I reflect on them, I get chills. I have had things happen as an adult. I remember one time wondering: “I must be crazy, because I swear I just heard my name called (by a very effeminate male voice) and there is no one in the room!!!”

  I am leaning toward I must be crazy!!! LOL
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  demon posession?

  by perfect1 in

  1. jw
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  my gradmother used to tell me about a catholic icon at her aunt's house which was demon possesed and once blinked at her.

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  any other good stories of possession from people you know?.

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  I figured out the sleep paralysis thing years ago! You should see folks' face when the tell me the " demon sitting on chest story" after I explain sleep paralysis!

  *crickets*
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  Yesterday was my Son's 21st Birthday

  by 00DAD in

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  yesterday was my oldest son's 21st birthday.

  as many of you know, i've been disfellowshipped for over 3 years now.

  in the spring of this year i did write to the local boe and request my disfellowshipping be rescinded.

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  SophieG

  {{{{{00DAD}}}}}
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  WTBS- portrait of a narcissist?

  by SophieG in

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  so i recently discovered someone i have known for a while is a classic grade a narcissist!

  took me a while to figure it out and scared the daylights out of me....huge learning lesson!

  but it got me thinking if the org could be considered a narc too.

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  ....further down the wormhole...

  http://samvak.tripod.com/narcissistgod.html
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  WTBS- portrait of a narcissist?

  by SophieG in

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  so i recently discovered someone i have known for a while is a classic grade a narcissist!

  took me a while to figure it out and scared the daylights out of me....huge learning lesson!

  but it got me thinking if the org could be considered a narc too.

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  It is ironic but I noticed the odd behavior in this individual over time while dealing with him. I was involved with him for a short period of time many years ago...broke up with him, but he'd keeping popping into my life periodically. I was withholding (sweet) Narcissistic Supply ( NS), not intentionally but as a natural reaction to the bad treatment as self preservation. Basically I was a strong emotional force resisting a weak one. It was not until a psychiatrist suggested to me the possibility of his narcissism that I was able to understand AND manipulate him enough to get him off my back. This also helped me realize that my abusive JW ex had narc "tendencies"! I took my NS away when I left him twice and unintentionally manipulated him away from me. The sick thing is they are like junkies! You eventually learn how to administer the "drug" to where they don't want it or go they seek another form of NS! The WTBS is the cult narc! They abuse the same way... They have all the characteristics! But you CAN manipulate them too to get away! You end up the winner!!! YES!
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  WTBS- portrait of a narcissist?

  by SophieG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i recently discovered someone i have known for a while is a classic grade a narcissist!

  took me a while to figure it out and scared the daylights out of me....huge learning lesson!

  but it got me thinking if the org could be considered a narc too.

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  Oohhh...baltar yah! I could see that!
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  WTBS- portrait of a narcissist?

  by SophieG in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i recently discovered someone i have known for a while is a classic grade a narcissist!

  took me a while to figure it out and scared the daylights out of me....huge learning lesson!

  but it got me thinking if the org could be considered a narc too.

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  So I recently discovered someone I have known for a while is a classic grade a narcissist! Took me a while to figure it out and scared the daylights out of me....huge learning lesson!

  But it got me thinking if the org could be considered a Narc too. I came across this:

  http://samvak.tripod.com/journal79.html

  Very interesting read....I am sure that I'm kinda late on the discovery but I wanted to share it anyway!

  Oldly enough my reaction to both this person and the org was the same: RUN SOPHIE, RUN!!!!!
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  I dont see why people stay in the JWs ?

  by snare&racket in

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  i really think it is a misconception to say leaving the jw's will destroy you and/or your family.. .

  many people here stay as jw's despite posting very opposing views and beliefs.

  i understand the difficulty of family reprisal.

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  I would love to just write a DA letter and be done with it. Frankly I want them to know so they can all sit back and wonder why I left. I think that would be a bold statement, Plus, I don't like that fading-fake feeling. I am ready to go. I have not been to the meetings for at least a year and I had been fading way before that.
  
  But my extended family is just coming to terms with one member who was DF and another who has left. I know I have to cushion the blow for them, kinda prep them slowly. I am convinced that when they slowly realize I left, it will make other family members think, REALLY THINK!

  My mother is a wonderful kind, "faithful" sister. She is much loved in the local area where we live. She is elderly. I have to think of her. She will not be one of those parents who will rage and shun me, she will get depressed because she knows she should. I must protect her! Sometimes I have to take her to the SA/DC. I suffer for her! *tears*

  I do know though, to go regularly just to keep family ties would drive me so insane. I think my head would eventually explode in the meeting!