Posts by terafera

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Anyone w/anxiety disorders? Describe it.

by ashitaka in

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i'm curious to see if anyone here has any major anxiety disorders and how it affects their lives.

as a semi-confession, i think i may have something of this sort, but i'd like a comparison first.

being a male, i never go to the doctors unless my leg is falling off, so i don't just want to go to a doctor to medicate a problem that could be overcome in other ways.

terafera

As a result of having a very abusive home growing up and possibly chemical inheritance from my parents...I started having panic attacks a few years ago. Now I dont suffer from them anymore, thanks to some good books dealing with panic attacks and meditation. I chose not to take anything for them...I dont believe in clouding my head with chemicals..not that medication doesnt work wonders for some people. I know many that take meds for depression/anxiety and it is a life saver.

For me, meditation and reading up on panic attacks and what triggers them has been great. In my case, it's definitely been mind over matter.

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How many Artists here? Which field of Art?

by invisible in

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i know i asked this absolutely yonks back, then by the name of celtic, but with so many newcomers here i thought no harm but to ask once again.. how many artists do we have here or working in art related fields including film, music, theatre, environment, gardening, sculpture, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photograpy etc etc?.

what hobbies do you have?

how do you see your future artistic horizons opening up?

terafera

I consider myself very 'artsy'..

I write, play guitar, write songs, paint, draw (sketch with charcoal), decorate my home, cook, sew and do just about any other crafty or resourceful thing I can do with my hands....

I wont talk about how I use my body as a canvas and my many men as the paint...

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Did you use drugs and go...INSANE!?

by refiners fire in

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when i was 27 my brother held a bucks night party for my first marriage and we went to a strip joint.

de rigeure for the boys bucks night.

it was all a bit of a none event, so next night he brought around drugs to my house, marijuana.

terafera

God!!!! I've been wanting to ask someone the exact same question!!

Many moons ago (I mustve been about 18,19), I was visitng a friend who liked to smoke pot and her sister was a major pot head. We went to her sisters house (who was also an exjw!!) and they rolled up a big one. I smoked some with them (and another man I didnt know) for a couple of hours and then it hit me.....

I grabbed my head and almost fell out of the chair. I remember seeing my friends faces staring at me..but everything was moving in jerk-like movements... it was like someone was hitting the pause button and everything would move and stop..move and stop...

I ran up to the guy I didnt know and yelled, 'what the *%$^ did you put in this???'.. I was really freaking out. They all tried to calm me down and kept saying how he was cool...he swore he hadnt put anything in it. They had my friend go outside with me..but I couldnt stop talking...everything seemed surreal ..it took a few hours for me to come down. The next day they laughed and said what a 'lightweight' I was and said maybe I hadnt eaten enough that day.

It always worried me.... can you freak out like that on weed? I've heard some kinds are more potent than others. Do you think it was laced??

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Cleaning for Assemblies

by terafera in

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by hank schaller, of the oakland press june 09, 2002 .

when it comes to being a house of worship, the pontiac silverdome has a long history.

it has served as a site of a papal mass by pope john paul ii, a crusade by evangelist billy .

terafera

Mustang..too funny!

I was a bad jw girl..I was always scoping for boys to flirt with instead of cleaning, LOL. I can actually say I never helped clean at the assemblies. Now I'm starting to feel guilty..you guys did all the work!

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Found cheating saved his life

by Sirona in

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sirona .

edited by - sirona on 14 june 2002 11:11:12 .

edited by - sirona on 14 june 2002 11:14:37edited by - sirona on 14 june 2002 11:15:36.

terafera

Damn Xander...sounds like you've thought of everything! Sounds like you've been in that situation before...

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Questions about WT illustrations

by Beck_Melbourne in

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when i was a kid....i used to look at the wt illustrations of paradise conditions and would day dream about life in the new system....i later used this same technique (shame on me) to brain wash bible students.

however...as i grew up lol (apparently!

) the illustrations changed....and became more modern.

terafera

Good ole email reminders! I almost forgot about this thread....

PLH, I love those lyrics!! My father loved Waylon Jennings, and now I know why. Priceless.

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In Alaska

by obiwan in

hey stacey or johnnie it's me loudog,post here if you see this.. wow it's a wide open world,use your.

own thoughts.

terafera

you know Johnnytwoshirts??? He is a freak!! Ugh...the stories I could tell......

I'm thinking of a Johnny I know with J. for the last initial. It would be cool to meet someone that is from here or knows the same people...I feel like i'm in no mans land all by myself.

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