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  New Shunned VIDcast #3 - Comparing Ourselves To Others

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just released a new vidcast on the youtubes for "shunned" about comparing ourselves to others.

  you have to at least watch the first 30 seconds for my sweet sweet new theme music.. in this vidcast i drop a sweet new theme song, followed by a serious discussion of how we view ourselves and our stories after leaving the cult of jehovah's witnesses.

  comparison isn't typically healthy, and i discuss how it goes awry and how we can help give proper weight to our experiences.. subscribe to my podcast here, on itunes, google play, your podcast app of choice, and/or visit my site at http://shunnedpodcast.com for more information.. https://youtu.be/qo0n69vme-o.

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  Well, everything changes when you have kids. Mere surviving, not thriving, is the expectation sometimes and if you compared yourself to other parents (and they were honest and not putting on airs) you'd probably find that most of your experiences are normal.

  Comparing ourselves is so difficult. I see people on Facebook and I'm like wow, I wish I had their life. Not really. We know the ugly parts of our lives. We end up comparing our lowlights to someone else's highlights. Or our internal game to someone else's external game. We all know from being in a cult that outward appearances can truly fool people.
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  New Shunned VIDcast #3 - Comparing Ourselves To Others

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just released a new vidcast on the youtubes for "shunned" about comparing ourselves to others.

  you have to at least watch the first 30 seconds for my sweet sweet new theme music.. in this vidcast i drop a sweet new theme song, followed by a serious discussion of how we view ourselves and our stories after leaving the cult of jehovah's witnesses.

  comparison isn't typically healthy, and i discuss how it goes awry and how we can help give proper weight to our experiences.. subscribe to my podcast here, on itunes, google play, your podcast app of choice, and/or visit my site at http://shunnedpodcast.com for more information.. https://youtu.be/qo0n69vme-o.

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  dubstepped

  I'm pretty sure that Hollywood will come calling any day now as my skills as a producer increase. Audio and video, I can do it all, lol.
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  New Shunned VIDcast #3 - Comparing Ourselves To Others

  by dubstepped in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just released a new vidcast on the youtubes for "shunned" about comparing ourselves to others.

  you have to at least watch the first 30 seconds for my sweet sweet new theme music.. in this vidcast i drop a sweet new theme song, followed by a serious discussion of how we view ourselves and our stories after leaving the cult of jehovah's witnesses.

  comparison isn't typically healthy, and i discuss how it goes awry and how we can help give proper weight to our experiences.. subscribe to my podcast here, on itunes, google play, your podcast app of choice, and/or visit my site at http://shunnedpodcast.com for more information.. https://youtu.be/qo0n69vme-o.

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  dubstepped

  Just released a new VIDcast on the Youtubes for "shunned" about comparing ourselves to others. You have to at least watch the first 30 seconds for my sweet sweet new theme music.

  In this VIDcast I drop a sweet new theme song, followed by a serious discussion of how we view ourselves and our stories after leaving the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses. Comparison isn't typically healthy, and I discuss how it goes awry and how we can help give proper weight to our experiences.

  Subscribe to my podcast here, on iTunes, Google Play, your podcast app of choice, and/or visit my site at http://shunnedpodcast.com for more information.

  https://youtu.be/qo0n69vMe-o
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  My Reflections On a Year of Freedom

  by Saethydd in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in late may 2017, i told my parents how i really felt about the religion they had raised me in, and by early june i was out of their house.

  i've done a lot since then.

  i let my hair and beard grow out a bit.

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  So awesome. I love these stories. I love that you're able to just be you, to do so while still young, to be able to help someone else, to reconnect with people, find people that care about you, etc. That's the beauty of life that can't be found in the cult.
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  creative techies

  by bola in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please i want to know how design a website..

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  Oh man, the how to learn part. I remember teaching myself wordpress in likely the worst possible way and trying to piece it all together. I would get so frustrated, though often it was just because I bought a theme that didn't do what it said it would in some part of it and I'd have to use html or something to figure it out. I've learned through piecing things together, which was free but wasn't so easy. Looking back I should have just bought some courses but I'm not exactly a "read the instructions" guy when I buy something. I have to try to figure it out myself. I think that doing something like this helps you to see how you learn too. You can learn a lot about yourself in the process.
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  creative techies

  by bola in

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  please i want to know how design a website..

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  Nobody here is going to teach you how to build a website from scratch. Go to a place like wix or weebly or squarespace and start playing around. I think both wix and weebly have completely free sites whereas squarespace just has a free trial.

  The internet is full of tutorials on all of this stuff. Dive in and get to learning. If you struggle to put it together through patchwork videos go somewhere like Udemy or Lynda and take some courses.

  Also, why does being shunned make you need a website? Are you just wanting to write about your experience? You can do that on forums or Facebook groups or lots of things without a website.
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  Can you users start uploading more clever because WT removes every video? Please upload smarter.

  by Rev0lution in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  good work!

  but most of the youtube videos are gone... i want to watch much later on.

  (perhaps years to come..) .

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  Rather than posting here, you might want to actually contact the YouTubers that you like with a helpful compilation of places that they can also post. My guess is that they just post on YouTube because that's where the eyeballs are and they never thought they'd be shut down. I don't know how many here do anything there, so you may be speaking into the ether.
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  Why can't Scarlett Johansson play a transgender character?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  scarlett johansson was cast to play a transgender role in rub & tug.. recently she pulled out.

  i don't know whether she jumped or was pushed but trans activists, despite claiming to represent only 0.3% of the population, have quite a powerful voice.. do they want a trans actor to play the trans role, is that it?.

  if scarlett johansson shouldn't play a trans role, does that mean a trans actor shouldn't play a cis role?.

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  Because people today have lost their damn minds, and crazy is always louder than rational.
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  A concise list for my therapist...any suggestions?

  by Straw Man in

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  been a lurker here for a long time.

  i am just now starting to deal with the issues from my witness upbringing.

  it's been about 10 years since i was df'd.. just recently i started to see a therapist and i am trying to get across the depth of the effects of growing up a witness.

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  If she's open to listening to things you could give her my podcast called This JW Life (thisjwlife.com). I made it in part to help outsiders understand what goes on in the cult. I'd say that episodes 4-7 really hit a lot of the psychology of what goes on, what is taught, etc., through the lens of my life and observations. I've received lots of good messages about it and from many on the outside that finally understand what we were up against. If nothing else, it might help you to listen to the podcast and to process some of your own stuff.
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  Spiritual "Protection" - a Menace on Psychological Development

  by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  not quite a week ago, @lost in the fog created a thread entitled: do you have this illness?.

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5187824140681216/do-you-have-this-illness.

  in my year of being on this forum, i have browsed many a disillusioned thread of ex-jehovah’s witnesses expressing similar symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder when detailing their awakening - my own story included.

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  Glad you liked the video. I loved Joho's post and knew that it would help people.