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  My Fault?

  by Shytears in

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  2. friends

  i would like to ask you guys a question,and i would love to hear your opinons,ok,for the past few months,i havent been doing nothing but staying in the house like everysingle day,i cant hang around my"worldy" friends,and my witness friends that i have are always busy,hmm well whenever i call to ask to do sumthing they always have other plans..thats the only people my parents let me hang around,so i have to compromise,cause i need to be around people,i enjoy it.so i was wondering is it my fault i have no one to do stuff with?

  ?my brother blames me,he wants me to do stuff with him,but he is 30,i wanna hang around people my own age..well thanks,bye laura

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  Mystery

  Shytears -
  
  I just read your post from about 3 weeks ago. I commented on it today, but I don't know if you go back and re-read it.
  
  Email me at [email protected]
  I have a son about your age, maybe "talking" to someone closer to your age may help as well. He isn't home much - he plays soccer and works, but maybe you two could talk. I have a toll free line that you can call on - I have a home based business that requires the line, so you can talk without being billed. Please send me an email - i will give it to you.
  
  Deborah
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  My Fault?

  by Shytears in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i would like to ask you guys a question,and i would love to hear your opinons,ok,for the past few months,i havent been doing nothing but staying in the house like everysingle day,i cant hang around my"worldy" friends,and my witness friends that i have are always busy,hmm well whenever i call to ask to do sumthing they always have other plans..thats the only people my parents let me hang around,so i have to compromise,cause i need to be around people,i enjoy it.so i was wondering is it my fault i have no one to do stuff with?

  ?my brother blames me,he wants me to do stuff with him,but he is 30,i wanna hang around people my own age..well thanks,bye laura

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  Is your brother a JW?
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  Depressed beyond Words...

  by Shytears in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  did u ever feel so depressed u felt the only thing that could get rid of the pain was to commit suicide???

  ?...well i tried that tonite,i know its not a good thing ,but i felt it was the only way out..well im still here so i didnt do it,thank god,my wrists have lil cuts everywhere tho,i just hope no one sees them..if u guys remember me yall know it has been an ongoing battle with my parents cause i dont wanna be a witness.. now i literally cannot do nothing!

  they dont trust me at all!

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  shytears -
  I know this is a few weeks after your post but...
  
  Reach out before doing anything like that again, like you did this time.
  
  I am not raising my son as a JW. I faded 20 years ago. You are 16, my son will soon be 15. He OD'd in Jan. I admitted him into a hospital after that.
  
  He stayed about 4 weeks. He still gets extremly depressed at times. We have him under medical care right now.
  
  Becoming an adult is hard enough to deal with, but you have an added weight of wanting out of the Borg. If you want to talk with someone closer to your age, I am sure my son would talk/email you. I have a toll free phone number - due to my business - I would be glad to give it to you. Email - [email protected] and I will give it to you, who knows maybe you live just around the corner? You can call anytime - day or night.
  
  Everyone is right you do have so much to live for. Like most here, I did not want to live after realizing the "truth" was the "lie" instead. But we have survived it. You can too.
  
  Please do as suggested. Get your GPA as close to 4.0 as possible. Go and talk with the school counselor, tell her you want/need to get a scholarship due to your parents not supporting you in your desire to go to college. Babysit, mow lawns, pick up cans do anything you can to save money. Sit down and write down your goals. Write them - it makes them more real. Write the reason that you can NOT acomplish them. Now WRITE HOW YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THEM. Ask for help in finding scholarships - i am sure a lot of people on here know how to find them on the web. We can help you get out - but you have to want to.
  
  So are you going to just give up? or LIVE?
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  She

  by joannadandy in

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  2. medical

  her employer genuinely likes her.

  she is hardworking and does what she says.

  shes never raised a ruckus and always smiles at everyone.

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  You have described my 14 yr. old son.............. What do I do before the end comes true?
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  How do big guys at Brooklyn benefit from six million followers?

  by micheal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am 99.999% sure jw's do not have the truth, but maybe some here can enlighten me.

  what do the big guys in brooklyn have to gain?

  do you believe they think they have the truth.

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  If they actually learned the real truth, they still couldn't leave.
  
  I had never thought of that. Where would they go? What would they do? As Xena said "If they get all that can you just imagine how good the governing body has it?" They have no one except each other.
  
  We know how we feel when we are shunned, could you imagine coming down from the highs as SaintSatan said to the gutter. They are caught in a web of their own device. As Jst2alws put it, "TJ and his boys especially, may have come to the realization that they are now desperately propping up a shame."
  
  Never thought of it from this perspecive.
  I am feeling better and better every day rearding my decision.
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  how i got here

  by danb71 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after having looked at this site for almost a year and recently made small replies to threads, i should introduce myself to you all and tell you how i got here:.

  i was raised as a jw.

  it didn't take long to figure out that to have more independence at home, i'd better be a stand-out jw.

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  ---- Our entire family shuns us, that's one thing that never gets easier. ----
  
  This was the problem I had with the entire religion. Even as 12 - 13 yrs. old, I felt it wasn't right. Everything else was a fairy tale. Paradise with all the animals and all of my family. (Maybe even a unicorn would be there!)
  
  Welcome d -
  this site has already helped me greatly and I have been here less than a month.
  
  People here make you feel like your are not alone. There are a few that I already will jump ahead to if they start a thread or if I think they are going to comment on it.
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  How do big guys at Brooklyn benefit from six million followers?

  by micheal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am 99.999% sure jw's do not have the truth, but maybe some here can enlighten me.

  what do the big guys in brooklyn have to gain?

  do you believe they think they have the truth.

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  Mystery

  I don't know if I believe the Brooklyn "leaders" believe it is the truth. They try to hide or cover up history of JW's.
  
  I believe I have read on some of the threads that there are Bethelites on the forum. What is your perspective on this? Do the Leaders live at Bethel? Or do they drive to work everyday? Is it power? prestige? money?
  
  Who has been there and seen it up close?
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  how i got here

  by danb71 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  after having looked at this site for almost a year and recently made small replies to threads, i should introduce myself to you all and tell you how i got here:.

  i was raised as a jw.

  it didn't take long to figure out that to have more independence at home, i'd better be a stand-out jw.

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  Mystery

  Welcome!!
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  Beckyboop's story

  by beckyboop in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well, i guess i work bass-ackwards sometimes.

  i started posting on here about a year ago when i was moved by some threads.

  i even helped to organize a local apostafest last may through the forum, but have never formally introduced myself.

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  Mystery

  I think we need to all get together and write a book..
  
  Has anyone read any of the "Chicken Soup...... books?
  
  We could get everyone to write their stories and put them in a book like those. Wouldn't that be something.... x-JW stories on the best seller list.
  
  Franscio - I read your info on journalism, looks like you may have the expertise. : )
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  What Most Needs to be Changed

  by jst2laws in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have often reflected on and commented on the issues of what i believe the most devastating watchtower policies:

  1 unscriptural and incomprehensible blood policy

  2 child molester protection policy

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  Mystery

  I agree with Simon & Ed.
  
  If the DF policy was changed, so much would crumble. By shunning, the congeration is still "safe" from corruption.
  
  By anyone voicing their opinion or just asking a logical questions are immediately brought under suspension (at least at my hall they were). I remember my dad not letting me associate with certain families, because they weren't "completely" in the truth yet. I remember someone questioning the blood policy when I was pretty young. I don't remeber them staying around long.
  
  I always knew which family was going to "be in trouble" because a week or 2 before I wouldn't be allowed to associate with them. (My dad was an elder)
  
  When I questioned my father regarding DFing, he would either ignore me or put it off saying "it is Jehovahs way of keeping the organization clean". That was the heaviest that weighed on my mind.