i've been out nearly two years but it's not out of me.
i am on school holidays now til february so i thought without work to worry about i can come off my medication.
i phased it slowly, starting in early november to avoid the physical side effects of coming down.
Hi, there. I'm sorry to hear you've been feeling down. A metaphor I was told (Lessons Learned in Therapy) helps me to realize that it's okay to be how I am.
Life, and healing from the cult specifically, is like the ocean. Sometimes it's smooth as glass, and at other times there are swells. You're at the top of the world, and then down in the trough, with this giant wall of water seeming to tower over you. Just ride out those waves, and keep your head above water during the rough seas.
xo
tal
oh i do enjoy a good laugh.
i watched the naked gun movie last night i was surprised at.
how funny it still is or maybe i was just in the mood for some silliness.
It's a classic! Leslie Neilson is so great at that type of comedy. :P
I always laugh at Beverly Hills Cop and pretty much anything by Ben Stiller - Meet the Fokkers is side-splitting, and Zoolander, well, it must be seen. :D
tal
my mother's church was having a christmas breakfast this past weekend and needed a santa ... i volunteered.. these little ones thought i was the real deal and one is my child.
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when we returned home she went right up to my wife and said ... "mom, santa is real!".
That is awesome, Santa!
i am perhaps a bit behind on this but i have just listened to " grandma got run over by a reindeer " sung by elmo and patsy .
it got me to thinking about christmas songs in general ,so i thought a thread about people's favourite christmas songs would be good .
please share your fave christmas music , a carol or something more modern .to start i will list my best carol as hark the herald and my best ever chart song as santa claus is coming to town by bruce springsteen .
Violia - thanks, I forgot the Pogues, OY! ;P
xo
t
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for you, Vi xo
i listen to one of these all time in our hall.
she brings it up constantly about how they would do this or that but he has to work that saturday.
i think she should get a job and then he could find a lower paying 9 to 5 job..
Hoser, I hear you - you are not prone to drama, or story-telling ......... some women are just like that. Some PEOPLE are just like that - lots of men live off their women and get a free ride, too.
She sounds like what you said ... someone with a sense of entitlement, and yeah, poor hubby! It's not like he is in the real world, and can divorce her ....
Oh, yeah, and this:
One of the hypocricies of the women's movement. Assuming he isn't stopping her from working - She thinks what she is sitting on makes her entitled.
DJS, this is absolute shyte. Sorry, but that's the truth. Your personal cicrumstances most likely colour your opinion, but seriously, that statement is almost embarrassing in its ignorance.
tal
i am perhaps a bit behind on this but i have just listened to " grandma got run over by a reindeer " sung by elmo and patsy .
it got me to thinking about christmas songs in general ,so i thought a thread about people's favourite christmas songs would be good .
please share your fave christmas music , a carol or something more modern .to start i will list my best carol as hark the herald and my best ever chart song as santa claus is coming to town by bruce springsteen .
My favorite traditional carol is the Huron Carol, and I my two modern favorites are Snoopy's Christmas by the Royal Guardsmen, and Christmas in Hollis by RunDMC.
:)
tal
stop begging for crumbs like a pigeon in the park!.
nobody anywhere has truth tied up with a red ribbon to hand to you so you.
can go skipping down the road with a smile!.
JT Often. Perhaps those who are listening .... did not comment. ;)
t
i have been going through the most terrible time these past 4 weeks, which has nothing to do with the jw, and everything to do with being abandoned with anxiety, panic and agoraphobia, and a new diagnoses of an illness called pmdd, which robbed me of my career, and it seems, my marriage, as my husband has moved out and left me with our son.
this man, this "stranger", jumped in his car to offer me support, and travelled 2 hours to be with me, despite what was going on with him, just be with me for a few hours and try to help.
what an amazing selfless act.
Whaaaaat, I can't believe this, you poor love. Hugs, my darling! Joe Grundy, how wonderful, you are a saint.
xo
tal
in an earlier thread, i mentioned that i wasn't a particularly doggy person but that my parents got a husky last year that i've come to regard as a kind of brother.. huskies superficially resemble wolves and for me it's been fun to compare and contrast husky and wolf behaviour.
huskies howl but rarely bark, and seem to have a strong prey drive and a strong pack instinct - a nod to their wild cousins.
this is why i love huskies, i think.. do you have a favourite dog breed and why?.
Van - I lost my feline companion this year, and understand. Missing her so much. xx
freedon of religion guarantees any individual the legal right to abandon any religion at any time for any reason.. if you are a citizen of a country which champions human rights, then your government doesn t care what religion you join, but they will uphold your freedom to join it, without interference, coercion or persecution.
your countries human rights legislation will conversely uphold your rights when it comes time to abandon any religion you so choose.
those (elders) who incite others interfere, coerce or persecute those who have left will be in transgression of the human rights statutes.. a person is only obligated to ecclesiastic law if he exposes himself to it or transgressed it while still a member of a religious community.. when your time comes to abandon the jw-wt cult, do it while still in good standing, be proactive - be decisive -put it in writing!..and do it before the hounders set sights on you.. write a card or letter with as much or as little explanation as you one day might wish to share with pharisees and lawyers.. take this card to a notary public to have your signature witnessed and have the writing overstamped in several places with the date.
If you do this and they decide to DF you anyway and announce it, I highly doubt you would be successful in a lawsuit, and I am unaware of anyone who has been. Some bodies of elders, anecdotally, have decided not to make an announcement out of fear of personal liability and legal costs, but the chances of an actual successful lawsuit are slim to none.
Actually, they did that to one of our members, Kwintestal. He hired a lawyer, had a letter drafted saying that they needed to show what grounds he was DF'd for (there were none), or REVERSE their decision.
[ EDIT: Now, I would have to ask, but I don't believe he wrote a disassociation letter ....... you may find it here, if you look at his threads. ]
The DF was reversed. And he is someone I know in person, and well - I watched it unfold. But this is Canada, and there was no lawsuit. ;)
I know, that was amazing! But ,,, all BOE's may not respond that way.
tal
