Welcome. I'm fairly new too and have found this site to be of great support. Try branching out in your community to find a group of friends u fit in with. I go to the gym and have very close friends there that I go out with. That helps so that I don't feel so lonely. It is a big difference wen u dint have the witnesses to socialize with. Especially wen u don't want to socialize with them and feel as is your alone.
mommyfirstandalways
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Hi First Post Here
by Distracted injust wanted to break the ice and write my first post here and also talk about some things that are bothering me.
i don't go to meetings anymore and i have become inactive for years now.
i don't believe the witnesses have the truth more than any other organized religion.
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Please could you give me your opinions on this statement? . . .
by Miss Worldly in'i have prayed, and confessed my sins to my god, i'm not telling them (the elders) anything'.
.. could this be a significant sign that there maybe a small dent in the armour of an active jw?
or is it just a case of 'keep your nose out' ?
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mommyfirstandalways
Sounds like something I've said many times and I used to be very strong spiritually by witness standards. It would be a good place to start planting seeds of doubt. Simply by stating do u think it's fair we give imperfect men such authority over us? -
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Discussion with a Pioneer
by Saved_JW intwo weeks ago i had an opportunity to meet up with a pioneer whom a friend had accepted a "bible study" from.
my christian friend invited me to come along as support, so my plan was to sit back and listen for the most part.
well, that was the idea anyways.
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Caleb and Sofia used to brainwash children
by shattered_origins inokay, i need to vent.
as a newly awoken individual, i have yet to "come out" to my hard core jdub parents.
my plan was to lay low and use my unbelieving husband and baby as an excuse for my "inactivity", it has worked for the last few months.
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mommyfirstandalways
These caleb and Sofia videos are one of the many things that helped me wake up. I have little ones and my family does not know about my wake up. My mom plays it for my kids and it drives me crazy. It is such brain washing. If u can't deal with the pressure of being honest with your mom which I totally understand use your hubby as an excuse. Get her sympathy and explain you and hubby are having marital problems and this is just adding to it. Pick and choose your battles. Some are not worth fighting. If u ever get to a place where u don't care if your mom knows how u truly feel come clean. I'm not there yet so I sympathize. -
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3 words to describe.....
by punkofnice in..your experience with the watchtower corporation:.
i'll start...... bully boy elders.
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How have you felt since you learned TTATT?
by tornapart init's been 4 years since it happened to me.
an almost overnight experience.
i read ray franz coc in 3 days and that was it.
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mommyfirstandalways
For me my wake up was gradual and it centered on the annual meeting a few years back and the Bible being revised. I was raised in the truth and if the Bible could be changed than everything else could be changed too and that didn't sit well with me. I decided a few months ago that this is not the truth but my fade has to be gradual. At first I felt like my foundation had crumbled and I had no belief system and felt loss but I'm actually enjoying the journey now cause it feels like I have a blank canvas and I can create whatever I want so that's exciting. I'm worried about getting caught and losing my family but I try not to dwell on that. I'm enjoying doing things like dating and being a woman. I feel like I'm finally living although I can't share it with others. And lastly finding this website and thus support system has been incredible. To find other brave ones with similar stories who have triumphed is reassuring. -
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Where are you from?
by BeautifulMind ini know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.
but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.
i currently live in georgia, usa.
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mommyfirstandalways
Rhode Island, USA. Love my life here. (Except for not being completely free of jw life be my family is still in) Surrounded by the ocean. -
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My mom
by cognac ini was just talking to my mom a few weeks ago.
she said, out of all her kids, i was the only one she didn't have to worry about as far as spirituality.
i always took a stand for jehovah.. she told when all of her kids were little, she gave us the option of not eating birthday cakes in school.
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mommyfirstandalways
U are so blessed u can even have an open discussion with your mom. Even if u can't share everything just to share what u already have...I envy that. I could never tell my mom in missing meetings or not going out on service or that I'm not having a family study with my kids. I want to so badly but my mom would flip out. You're laying the ground work. You have a good foundation so far. Take baby steps with your mom. You're doing great. I admire u! -
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4 Dirty Psychological "Tricks" Used by Bad Leaders
by onightdivine inhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/201510/4-dirty-psychological-tricks-used-bad-leaders.
1. in-group/out-group bias.
2. demanding unquestioning obedience to authority.
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mommyfirstandalways
I wish I could share this with my loved ones....but for now I'm thankful to spare me and my kids. -
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I still get emotional about the "truth" .....even though I know it's all lies...what is wrong with me????
by Witness 007 inmy mum is doing kemo and i have gone to many meetings at my old hall and brothers have said how they remember my old talks how good they were (ass kiss) and i still feel emotional even though i know 100% it is lies, funny human mind did i do it all for personal pats on the back and self esteem....yes i did i was a loser who needed some luv.
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mommyfirstandalways
I cried last nite in the dark as my children said their prayers asking God to bring paradise so that they can lTouch the animals. It made me sad to know that won't happen unless there's a heaven or afterlife which I haven't Sigurd out yet. And it made me sad that have taught then lies. Because I was taught lies.