Lots of really interesting information in this thread...I disassociate often too. I'm a daily list-maker and checker...that really does help a lot.
Hugs to you, Swan, and hope you return to yourself soon. :-)
Posts by Piph
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20Depression and That Fading Away Feeling
by Swan inwhen you get depressed, do you ever have the feeling that you are fading away?
let me describe what i have been experiencing now and in the past.
i feel so depressed that i feel like i'm not really here in the present.
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Favorite worldly holiday
by Nosferatu inwhat's your favorite worldly holiday?
i love halloween!
i love getting all dressed up in whatever, going to a local hangout (bar) where all my buddies are, and checking out what they dressed up as.
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Piph
For me, it's kind of a toss-up between Christmas and Halloween. They bring out different sides of my personality. Hehe!
(Although the last Thanksgiving was definitely the best I'd had! :D)
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Euphemism
by notperfectyet injust wanted to see how you and your wife were doing.
i haven't seen your wife post here in a while, i don't much either, but dang, we miss her.
i don't know why i thought of you both tonight, except it's great young scholars like yourself are still seeking.. .
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Piph
Aw, you guys are sweet! :D ((((HUGS))))
I've been just hanging out over here...working at Hastings (a really fun job!) and trying to keep up with housework. ;-)
Been taking a class on Buddhism...I really love it. I don't think I want to become a Buddhist...I certainly don't feel like taking any vows. :p But I really like the concepts behind it, and the different meditations I've been learning have been really wonderful. Plus it's great to be making friends with people at work and in the class.
Something really cool happened last week...my mom emailed me and told me that she is on antidepressants now and is really happy. I've been feeling so guilty for "ruining their lives"....I know it's really co-dependent of me, but that was something I just couldn't figure out: how to be happy and know they're disappointed in me at the same time. I grew up basing my self-esteem on "making" them happy.
Anyway, she told me that while she doesn't agree with my decision, she really respects it and thinks it's really well thought out. She said she's very happy now and knows I'm happy and is just really content with the way things are. WHEW! So I've sort of been on cloud 9 since then. I feel like all is well with the world. It's funny, and kind of sad, now much of a difference parental approval can make. :-7
Anyway, I feel sort of human. It's nice!
I hope you all are doing well. Thanks so much for thinking about me...you're just so sweet. And thanks for sending the link, Dan! ;-)
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Ozzie's Weekend Poll #97 (Worldly people)
by ozziepost inwe're a bit later in 'publishing' this weekend - sorry about that.
my excuse is we were stuck up a mountain on the southern ranges.
a glorious view though, so that was some compensation.
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1, 6, 10, 12
They scared me.
Now Fundies scare me. :P
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did any of you read the entire bible once...?
by Richie injust wanted to know if any of you have read the entire bible?
- i remember that it was mentioned in the congregation many times that this would be a requirement that we were to read the bible in its totality at least once and especially as elders!.
i myself never had the time (or energy) to read the scriptures from cover to cover.
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Piph
Yeah, I read it about five times all the way through. Never did get it. I just kept hoping it would make sense...
I first tried to start reading it when I was preteen sometime...I told my Mom and she said, "Jehovah will really bless you for that!" I got all excited...
...got a few chapters into Genesis...where was that blessing?? I gave up. (took it up again when I was 16 I think. Never did get that blessing!)
:D
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Awake!: Caption Time!
by Stephanus inhere's a typical awake!
cover showing the sorts of problems we have that won't be solved until 99.999% of the population die at armageddon:.
here's the cover with the text editted out to help you in your captioning quest:.
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Piph
ROFL @ Doodle V! ...that actually happened today! >;-) Well, except for the running away part. And the clothes part. And the...never mind.
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Piph
Hee hee! Or...
Cat (dragging dead and stiff moose by its nostril): Look what I caught for dinner!
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Shake that...
by Xandria inhttp://www.sinfest.net/d/20040113.html go from here forward.
cracked me up!!!!
i know a few here who would shake thier boo thing.
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Piph
Hee hee! That's my favorite comic strip. :-) I was thinking the same thing when I read those...
Here's another one...I really love this one because the last frame is actually how I pictured Jehovah when I was really little. LOL
Hope this works...
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I might be going back to the evil empire....
by seattleniceguy inno, not that evil empire...god, no.. i'm referring to that large software corporation whose name rhymes with "fikrosoft.
" i got a couple emails this week asking if i was looking, and, well, i wasn't until i heard some of the details.
i just had an hour-long phone interview that went very well, and i'll be going in for an in-person interview on tuesday.
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Piph
Hee hee...I was thinking of Queensryche.
Best of luck! :-)
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a personal question about *gasp* sex!
by missylissy in.
lol.
ok here goes.... how old were you your first time?
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Piph
I was 28 and wished I'd tried it sooner. ;-)