Bgurltry: I'm not trying to belittle anything anyone has been through but EVERYONE, in my experience, has had some awful thing or other happen to them throughout their life. Maybe a mindset less 'boohoo, i have been screwed over and noone other than a JW could possibly understand my pain' and more of 'I, like many others in the world, have had a uniquely horrifying experience that i will share with those who show interest and possibly educate someone to the horror that can occur due to being a JW to those who might otherwise remain ignorant' would be a better mindset.
Xena: uuummm I was asked my opinion and I gave it..there was not boohooing by anyone here...yes other people do have bad experiences..but in case you didn't notice it on your way in this is an EX JW site. I would assume then that we would be able to SHARE our feelings with other EX JW's who ASKED US what our feeling were about having been in this org. and it's effects on us. If you don't want to know about our FEELINGS then you do know how to click your way out of a post..don't you???
Bgurltryal: Instead of thinking of people outside your former religon as 'worldly' think of them as people just like you with their own stories of pain and happiness to share. Some of whom you will get along with and alot of whom you will never have a friendship with. But learning about anyone, regardless of weather the great friendship materialises, is a rewarding experience.
Xena: We think of YOU as worldly because for 20 years that was what I at least was taught...you ever tried to shake off 20 years of indoctriniation in 1 1/2 years??? I, nor anyone else for that matter, ever said they didn't WANT to make friends or weren't TRYING to make friends or even HADN'T made any friends yet. I understand the concept of friendship thank you....and believe it or not I do have friends...wow..imagine that...
Bgurltryal: And when you find real friends it is important you tell them of your JW past 'cause ,no offence, but sometimes you ex's can seem a little odd to one who has never experienced such 'programming'. Your thought processes are sometimes confusing to someone who has grown up with only logical thought. Also exhisting in such a confusing place with so many limitations is bound to cause alot of psycological oddities you may not even be aware of that others may think odd without an understanding of your history
Xena: uuummm wasn't that EXACTLY what we were expressing...or as you so KINDLY put it BOOHOOing about????
And for the record I did find your comments belittling and was offended by YOU.
