you wrote: Maybe it's the same with life, without a place to vent it all out and let it go, you can't move forward anymore.... Thank you. I have a large problem not relating to JW's that has been going on for quite some time. I don't have a place to vent for that problem. Both my husband and i are at a lose on what to do. Now when the situation comes up we do what has to be done; but we don't talk about how to 'make it go away and not happen again'. I occasionally see a therapist basically due to my son - but with this problem i can't speak openly to her. I can't move forward, i am at a complete lose on what to do. JWD has helped me tremendously - it has allowed me to vent and to discover so much more than i ever realized. I have moved forward - they don't control me any longer. I am still cautious when talking with my family, but at least i can still talk to them. Wanderlust you hit 'it' on the head for me. I have to move forward with this situation - i have to find a place to vent, i have to move forward - i have lately just been letting it be - i have to figure out how to move forward.
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Why do we have to talk about what happened to us?
by wanderlustguy ini just watched reign over me.
adam sandler has come a long way as an actor, and i thought he did very well portraying the feelings someone has who keeps the pain of emotional tragedy inside.
i'll never feel ok about all the damage caused by me when i was at my worst.. the movie also made me think about me and my relationships and us as a group of people affected by something so tragic in some cases.
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Welcome, Brokenhearted63
by delilah inon another thread, you said,.
is there anyone with insights and wisdom able to reach out to me in kindness, without judgement?.
you've come to the right place.
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JWs right in front of my flat
by InquiryMan inthis is actually the first time i saw the jws preaching in my immediate neighborhood.
i watched, and lo and behold, two men dressed in dark blue with bags... of course i knew them, one was a brother i have known for decades, and i knew the other brother too.... i decided to hurry on in order to finish my breakfast,take a shower, put on a nice sweater and go out and deliver my litter.... (literal)... when i came out, there were not only those two present, but a group of 7 witnesses, doing group witnessing, obviously comparing notes right in front of my yard... i put on my brightest smile, looks the elder right in the eye saying a pleasant hello and walks to do my business.
of course he just stands there dumbfounded and flabbergasted.
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Baptist came to my door this morning. I knew they weren't JW's because they were dressed in jeans, a lightweight jacket and they were laughing and talking.
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My Mum's gone
by shell69 ina few months ago i noticed that my mum had put her house up for sale, she doesn't live far from me and i had occasion to drive past her house.. well i've had a funny unsettled feeling all week, and i drove along the back of her house yesterday, and all the curtains were gone, she'd obviously left.
feeling brave i drove round the front, and yes its empty, doesnt look like she's been gone long.
i got out and went in the back garden, and looked through the windows.
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((((shell)))) I am so sorry. "When I discover who I am, I’ll be free." We all will be.
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So that's what the other shoe looks like. Update with my parents
by Paralipomenon inheading to the apostafest this weekend, we have made a deal with our friends to look after our kids.
given that they already have 3 children, adding 3 more could be stressful so we thought we would ask my parents if they wanted to take one overnight.
bobbi mentioned that she hadn't really heard much from my mom and suspected something was up.
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Inside the envelope include a picture of the grandkids. "We love you unconditionally."
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The obituary of Britney Spears
by free2beme inoctober 25,2007. britney spears, one of the most recognizable names of this decade, was found dead today at her home in california.
starting her career on the mickey mouse show and having such hits as "hit me baby", "toxic" and several others.
her cause of death was determined to be a overdose from medication prescribed by her physician for depression.
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I realize this is a imaginary tale, but statements like
“How could her family have not seen this coming, so much was obviously falling apart around her and someone should have done something"
really, really, REALLY! Makes my blood boil.
I know that there are some people that don’t give a crap about their family – kids etc… But it is not the norm; if it were I wish the big A would come!
As JeffT said “she's going to have to want it.”
I heard the same crap from people all around me regarding my son ‘Why doesn’t she do something??” “Doesn’t she care at all about her son??” “How can a mother let him……” Let him my ass! If your child does drugs you have NO CONTROL over it. “Kick him out! If he were my child ….. “ I was so sick of the crap! I LET him do drugs. I LET him act like a psychopath! I LET him cuss me like I was a dog. I LET him……….!!!!!!!! I cannot talk for most parents or even some parents; I know what I did for my son. I went to every doctor, every psychiatrist, the mental health center until I found someone to tell me what was wrong with him. I went through this from the time he was 13 until present.
It took me 6 YEARS! For him to decide HE wanted to live! To decide HE wanted a good life. To decide HE wanted his family more than he wanted drugs. I did EVERYTHING I could possibly do. HE didn’t want my help. HE didn’t want off the drugs. HE DIDN”T give a shit about himself. He didn’t give a shit about me or his dad or his brother. HE had to make the choice himself.
The next time anyone wants to make a blanket statement of ‘why didn’t the parents do something’ I hope you don’t say it in front of someone like me; because if you do you may get more than you bargain for.
To all the ‘perfect parents’ out there; I simply hope it never happens to you. And if it does I hope you are smart enough to realize YOU CAN NOT MAKE YOUR CHILD DO ANYTHING! You can love them – no matter what. You may not like them at the moment – but you NEVER EVER tell them you don’t love them. You ALWAYS tell them you love them. I don’t care if you are so mad, so disappointed, so hurt that it feels like your heart is ripping out of your very soul, you TELL them that you love them. Don’t love them conditionally – like the JW’s taught us – Don’t love them IF – love them unconditionally and TELL them regardless. Because if you didn’t love them regardless of what they do you would not be hurting so bad when they call you a m*****f****** B****. You wouldn’t hurt when you walk in their room and see a shotgun lying on the bed beside them. You wouldn’t hurt when they tell you what a worthless piece of crap you are in front of the entire soccer team that you are coaching. It wouldn’t hurt….. He OD’ed 3 times. He cut himself with anything he could fine. He lived on painkillers and booze (yes, at 13 and 14 yrs old).I don’t know Britney Spears parents or siblings, but if a mother is trying to take their child’s children away from them take into consideration this; would you take your grandchild away from your child if you had any other choice?
And none of this due to Jw’ism. He was not brought up a JW.
He is bipolar and he didn’t know how to handle it.
Now HE WANTS to handle it. He wants to have a ‘normal life’. HE wants his mind to stop racing. HE wants the correct drugs to be on. HE has decided to do what needs to be done.He tells me he loves me everyday. He told me thank you for not giving up on him. He blushes when I tell him how proud I am of him.
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X--JW WarFare..."OUTLAW Style"
by OUTLAW ingood evening from "the great white north",jwd!
!..this is an incredible board..we are all so lucky to have our hosts,mods and (most)members of this site..lol!
!.....so many ideas.so many personalities.so much exchange of knowledge and ideas.right here on jwd!.....this thread was inspired by another thread..thank-you "hidden window"!.....i hope this thread inspires other "ideas",just like i was inspired by another thread......................many of us want to show our loved ones and the rest of the world,the "real wbt$".....we want to get our loved ones out of a "cult"..and..the international political world will bring the wbt$ down,when they can no longer disguise themselves as a religion.....the wbt$ is a political organization,disguised as a religious organization seeking "world domination"!.....most of us are not ready to take on a billion dollar organization,the wbt$.....we only want our families back!.....not all jw`s are ready to read ray franz`s:"crisis of conscience"..or..barbera andersons new cd:"secrets of pedophilia in an american religion.jehovah`s witness`s in crisis"..but..some are!
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January 2008 Watchtower - Cover Page
"Libraries - Are They Safe for our Brothers?"
Good idea Outlaw. The library was the first place I went when i began to doubt (there was no internet). I wish they would have had COC. Never know who will stumble across it.
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CANADA-another ELDER PEDO 9-18-07
by DannyHaszard inthere are so many jehovah' s witnesses elder pedophile cases,that i now must collate by case dates this is case 9-18-07 http://www.newstalk980.com/index.php?p=ntnews&action=view_story&id=9906 just up!
prominently placed on the jehovah's witnesses news wire church elder pleads guilty in sex court case.
980 cjme news talk radio, canada -7 hours ago.
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I would really like a copy of this Awake. I live in Alabama. If someone could mail me a copy i would appreciate it. Please PM me and i will send you my address.
Thank you.
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Needing support and friendship in Ontario
by flipper ina young person who posts here has committed to a rehab program, very lonely and sad.
because of leaving the org, mr f and i are the only people who call, and no family or friends are calling or visiting.
(we are in calif, the rehab is in ontario).
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