if you suffer from anxiety and panics, the problem could lie with your heart and not with your mind.. you might have mitral valve syndrome!http://www.mvpsupport.com/.
i know what im talking about because i have mitral valve syndrome.
years ago, i would sometimes become totally panic stricken for no reason whatsoever.
Englishman,
Thank you for posting that information. I have those symptoms. It started after September 11, so I figured it was anxiety attacks. So I got on an anti-anxiety medication. Which has helped greatly.
I'm wondering though, if I do have that condition
1.How would I find out?
2. Is it harmful to be on this medication?
How did you find out that you had it?
Shimmer
anyone from south africa?.
better if you know about ngo
One,
I think SYN is from South Africa.
Shimmer
how left or right are you?
are you a libertarian or an authoritarian?
which political party comes closest to your views?
Labour (22)
Liberal Democrat (36)
Conservative (42)
Shimmer
if you were a good little 'raised in the truth' jw then the answer should be 'yes'.. so let's here from you.. [stands up] my name is montag and i was a 22 year old virgin on my wedding night.. .
-m-
I wouldn't say I was a "good little raised in the truth witness". My mom started studying with the witnesses when I was 11 and didn't get baptized until I was 16. My dad never got baptized and only came for memorial, special talks, assemblies, you get the picture.
So, with that in mind, I did manage to remain a virgin until I was 19. At that point, the elder's son that I had secretly dated for 3 years on and off couldn't keep our hands off of each other any more and did the deed.
We didn't end up getting married and the witness that I married had also lost his virginity to a "worldly" girl.
So, there ya have it.
Shimmer
i don't know if this q has been brought up on the forum, if so i apoligize, but i was just thinking about this today, and wondered how many here left or are thinking about or trying to leave the b-org as result of the un fiasco?
how many do you know of that left due to this?.
seedy
Seedy,
I am one who left because of the UN shenanigans. Although I will have to admit that I never was a very devout witness. But I always walked around with huge guilt over never feeling like I was doing enough as a witness. Or I was doing the "wrong" things. I accidentally stumbled across the UN story when I was looking up information on witnesses being banned in certain towns. I was FLOORED, I could not believe what I was reading. That opened up a whole new can of worms for me and I started reading anything I could get my hands on and the guilt just went away and I've never felt freer. When I mentioned the UN thing to my mom, of course to her it was a non-issue. Oh, well, to each his own.
Shimmer
it's just that i have heard that the watchtower is once again trying to predict the end probobly false but i just want to know if you have heard it it is october 8 2002
Welcome a2j88!! Do you have any more details on where you heard this information and why October 8, 2002?
Shimmer
sorry i forgot to give you the web page then it is my birthday and the older i get the more forgetful i become.. thegreatillusion.com
Happy Birthday!!! That is a very interesting website. The pictures are beautiful!
Shimmer
saudi crown prince abdullah delivered a sobering message to president bush on his visit to america this thursday about the dangers of it's continued pro-israeli policies.
while agreeing that the issues are complex and problematic, prince abdullah issued a strong warning to the united states.. "please dear god in the heavens above, do not make us oppose you.".
although afterwards bush preferred to speak of the meeting favourably with reporters, describing the talks as "pretty damned ok," abdullah spoke of clear dissension on matters of american policy.
LOL!! You so funny!!!!!
Shimmer
so if you are not jw, perhaps you would like to know what religion is most in-line with your beliefs?.
heres a simple quiz:.
http://www.selectsmart.com/religion/ .
Your Results:
1. Bahá'í Faith (100%)
2. Reform Judaism (94%)
3. Liberal Quakers (90%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
5. Jainism (87%)
6. Sikhism (85%)
7. Neo-Pagan (84%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (84%)
9. Islam (78%)
10. Mahayana Buddhism (70%)
11. Hinduism (67%)
12. Theravada Buddhism (63%)
13. New Age (62%)
14. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (60%)
15. Secular Humanism (51%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (50%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (50%)
18. New Thought (47%)
19. Orthodox Quaker (45%)
20. Taoism (42%)
21. Scientology (37%)
22. Nontheist (37%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (35%)
24. Eastern Orthodox (32%)
25. Roman Catholic (32%)
26. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (28%)
27. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (20%)
someone replied to a post i entered and got me thinking what others perceive about us due to the nicks or id we have chosen.
some of the nicks i am sure are just self explanatory , others are cute, or simple.
although i suspect that very many in this room,took time to think of theirs and definitly the nick holds some little secret as to who they are as a person.
There's a song by Shawn Mullins that has meant a lot to me and there's a part in it that especially touches me:
heard a brillian woman say
she said you know it's crazy
how I want to try to capture mine
I think I love this woman's way
I think I love this woman's
way she shimmers, the way she shines
the way she radiates
the way she lives, the way she loves
the way she never hates
sometimes I think of all of this that can
surround me
I know it all as being mine
but she kisses me and wraps herself
around me
she gives me love, she gives me time
and I feel fine
I feel fine
but time I cannot change
so here's to looking back
you know I drink a whole bottle
of my pride
and I toast to change
to keep these demons off my back
just get these demons off my back
cause I want to shimmer, I want to shine
I want to radiate
I want to live, I want to love
I want to try to learn not to hate
try not to hate
we're born to shimmer
we're born to shine
we're born to radiate
we're born to live, we're born to love
we're born to never hate
I spent my whole twenties being unhappy because I was trying to prove how smart I was and how my way was the right way. I was always looking for someone to do something to me that I didn't like so I could confront them. I almost destroyed my marriage and I was going through a horrible time in my life and I heard this song and just sobbed and sobbed and said I want to be the kind of woman that he's singing about. I want my husband to say things like that about me. So I made a conscious decision to try to "shimmer". And four years later I feel like I'm well on my way, and my thirties are looking pretty good.
Shimmer
