Posts by Julia Orwell

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Kingdom Hall Weddings - November Kingdom Ministry

by BluesBrother in

if this has already been posted up - then i missed it.. this question box left me .

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Julia Orwell

My non-JW dad was 'allowed' to give me away. I would have hit the roof if he wasn't.

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The medical specialist told me something alarming today. Pretty bummed.

by Julia Orwell in

so i've been going to doctors for years with chronic fatigue, a condition i managed ok but which took a drastic nose dive in late 2011 to 2012 to the point where i could barely function.

work was part of the problem, so at the end of that year i left that stressful environment.

but in the meantime, for the last few years i've been going to doctors, specialists, psychiatrists and psychologists and undergoing every sort of blood test you can imagine and seeing all sorts of medical people.

Julia Orwell

Lol we'll have to buy a house before we can sell it...we were JWs hun, that means renters!! But we are saving up for a house. I have to get stable work first or save up more, but I'm feeling better now like I'll get there in the end. I want to teach part time rather than full time, but in 2014 I'll continue to do substitute teaching (the one where you fill in for a teacher for one day here and there at different schools).

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Interview with an Apostate: Julia Orwell

by Julia Orwell in

tell us a little about yourself and your family.. i have a husband and we've been married nearly three years.

no kids.. were you a born in or a convert?.

convert- converted from atheism in my teens.. are your parents / family jws?.

Julia Orwell

Thanks! I could have sold artwork and pioneered!!! But of course to sell it, one has to develop the ability to do it, and that takes time away from JW things.

So far I've done three cat portraits, plus sold prints on ebay. My art page on facebook is called "Art By Sheree Stokell" if anyone wants to have a look. I know I outed myself there, but I don't care anymore what the JW think.

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WHAT JW TYPES DO YOU REMEMBER IN YOUR CONG???

by ADJUSTMENTS in

it seems in most congregations there is always the same personality types of brothers and sisters in each congregation.

self righteous ones.

holier than thou, exemplary, with dc/ca parts every year family.

Julia Orwell

The single mum with no JW family and a tribe of kids who just about kills herself to get to every meeting, and everyone ignores her anyway.

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The medical specialist told me something alarming today. Pretty bummed.

by Julia Orwell in

so i've been going to doctors for years with chronic fatigue, a condition i managed ok but which took a drastic nose dive in late 2011 to 2012 to the point where i could barely function.

work was part of the problem, so at the end of that year i left that stressful environment.

but in the meantime, for the last few years i've been going to doctors, specialists, psychiatrists and psychologists and undergoing every sort of blood test you can imagine and seeing all sorts of medical people.

Julia Orwell

Thanks, and I've replied :)

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Here's IRONY for you

by Hortensia in

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/major-tech-companies-unite-to-call-for-new-limits-on-surveillance/2013/12/08/530f0fd4-6051-11e3-bf45-61f69f54fc5f_story.html.

imagine -- google is protesting that the government spies too much.

pot calling kettle black?.

Julia Orwell

LOL

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The medical specialist told me something alarming today. Pretty bummed.

by Julia Orwell in

so i've been going to doctors for years with chronic fatigue, a condition i managed ok but which took a drastic nose dive in late 2011 to 2012 to the point where i could barely function.

work was part of the problem, so at the end of that year i left that stressful environment.

but in the meantime, for the last few years i've been going to doctors, specialists, psychiatrists and psychologists and undergoing every sort of blood test you can imagine and seeing all sorts of medical people.

Julia Orwell

So I've been going to doctors for years with chronic fatigue, a condition I managed ok but which took a drastic nose dive in late 2011 to 2012 to the point where I could barely function. Work was part of the problem, so at the end of that year I left that stressful environment.

But in the meantime, for the last few years I've been going to doctors, specialists, psychiatrists and psychologists and undergoing every sort of blood test you can imagine and seeing all sorts of medical people. And today, I went to a very specialising specialists, you know, the type it takes ages to get an appointment with. In prep for this appointment I once again had every blood and urine test for thyroid, liver, immune, biochemistry, and every other thing to do with the body, so the doctor could make a diagnosis. This after years and years of tests and searching. So today I was to find out the cause of my chronic fatigue.

And here it is. I'm in almost peak physical condition. Nothing is wrong with my body. Not a leukocyte out of place. The doctor's medical opinion as a man of science with thirty years of experience and knowledge and medical science studies:

Fourteen years in a cult did this to me. Fourteen years as a JW has worn me down mentally to the point of chronic fatigue. He told me I will take years to recover from nearly 20 years' involvement with and as a Jehovah's Witness.

Man I'm down. I hoped the zillions of tests would have shown something science could treat, but not this. I'm already on medication and have been under psychiatric care, but now I know there is no answer but time and trying to get my life back on track workwise.

So there you have it. Being a JW can destroy your health. No wonder so many of them have CFS. It's their bodies acting out that something is terribly, terribly wrong.

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Depression amongst JWs

by tornapart in

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has anyone seen this post on facebook?

the comments below it are staggering!

so many suffering from depression... along with the few judgementalists.

Julia Orwell

That was the last one I went to too. I was sick so slept through most of it on the floor in the 'infirm' area. Thank goodness.

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"Worship that God Approves" chapter 15

by A.proclaimer in

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this is the title of the 15th chapter in the "what does the bible really teach book".

so i have to study this book and am doing it with an elder.

after taking long breaks inbetween the study, this is the chapter that is coming up.

Julia Orwell

First of all, why do you 'have' to study it with an elder? If you don't believe it, why do it?

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I'm curious, when you were asked to do a demo for a Service Meeting part, how did the request make you feel?

by Stand for Pure Worship in

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did you decline out of fear?

decline because you hated doing demos?

accept the request graciously?

Julia Orwell

How I honestly felt? I felt great. I felt great that I could use my talents and be recognised for them. Because I wasn't born with a penis I couldn't share my ability to speak fearlessly in front of a crowd to benefit the congregation. I have always been able to speak fluently with no notes or practice too, something very valuable in the workplace. However since I had no penis, I could just sit there and watch doofus penis-wearers bore the crowd and mash the English language, frustrated because so many JW women could run rings around these people whose only qualification to give speeches was they had a dick.

I was a nobody in the congregation because I was a woman (single too, which is lower than married, until I was married) not pioneering and had no family in the cult. I got left out of a lot of social things because I was just one, with no family (so if one member of a JW family gets invited, the whole lot do too by association: I was overlooked for just about everything) So to get a little bit of recognition and be included in the congregation was great. Assembly interview, demos, whatever, I liked being up on the stage. I could be a little bit of myself. I could get a feeling that I wasn't a big nothing.