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  What is their position on IVF?

  by voodoo lady in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for example, if a married couple had fertility issues relating to the male partner's sperm, could they use a donor?.

  is it frowned upon in a more general sense because people should be preaching rather than procreating?.

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  How do stop myself getting too Bitter?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you know, i always maintained that during this fading process, and while learning ttatt, i would not let myself get "bitter twisted and angry".... but, in all honesty, if i examine myself, i have become quite bitter toward the org, toward the false friends and the gb.. i have become angry as i see the extent of damage i feel being raised in "the truth" has done.... i feel hurt towards the lost opportunities in life etc.... how do i not allow myself to get too swallowed up by such bitterness?.

  i have always been a very happy, positive, selfless person.

  i can put people at ease, i am someone people feel comfortable chatting to.

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  A brilliant psychologist

  by voodoo lady in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been seeing a brilliant psychologist.

  he has been pivotal in drawing the parallels between my jw upbringing - specifically the hypocrisy i saw as a child - and the reason i've tolerated lies and inconsistencies in my most significant adult relationship.. i've seen one other psychologist in the past.

  she didn't get the issues surrounding the religion whatsoever, didn't regard that aspect of my backstory as relevant, and was of little help to me.. has anyone else seen a psychologist - whether for help with coping in the aftermath of leaving the religion, or for seemingly unrelated issues that actually turned out to be related?

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  The lesser of two evils

  by voodoo lady in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was fortunate enough to have a fairly smooth exit from the cult.

  a major factor in this transition was retaining the one and only family connection that was important to me.

  even though the relationship was challenged, it didn't end, and in many ways, the very nature of it being tested proved its strength.

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  I have no Real Friends!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have come to a startling and sad realisation!.

  i have no real friends!.

  i have always been extremely active in every aspect of the org, since childhood.

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  You don't seem to be as happy anymore!?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been told by some in the cong that i don't seem to be as happy anymore..."what's wrong?

  " they ask..... i feel like screaming out "i'm not happy because i'm going insane living a sham fake life stuck in the org pretending to be a good ms and witness!".

  i really do feel it is taking a toll on me...and even the damn bros and sis are now seeing it!.

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  Cognitive Dissonance in a Relationship

  by voodoo lady in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's a familiar feeling, not unlike the experience we might have within organised religion.. .

  i never really experienced this within org as i exited when i was a teenager.

  the problems and incongruencies that became apparent during that time seemed simply a result of developing a fully-functioning brain.

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  Blood transfusion refused by parents of a 6 month old!!

  by outforever in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  this was in the paper wednesday - in south africa - durban.

  which is quite surprising as our papers usually do not carry stories like this.. this is a prem baby - now 6 months.

  the dr's had to obtain a high court order to allow the procedure.. the baby had to have a blood transfusion as it could not absorb the mother's milk and supplements cannot be used because of his tiny body.. the parents refused to give their consent and was on life support so the dr submitted to the court that this was an infringement on the.

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  Memorial Attendance: The Single Most Impactful TTATT "Witness" to Family and Friends

  by AMNESIANO in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone who has awakened to ttatt and conscientiously left the organization--especially a once-prominent individual from a prominent multi-generational tribe of jws-- after decades of devout, high-profile "serve-us," who continues to put in an annual appearance at the memorial thoroughly subverts and undermines, by this one act, any hope s/he may entertain that his/her departure will stir family or former friends to question the whole watchtower bamboozle.

  by this one concession s/he assigns him-/herself by every single jw to their handy and dimissive purgatory: the "spiritually-weak.".

  nothing blasts a louder, clearer, and more deliberate message to the jws who personally knew you and those familiar with your jw bona fides that you are not merely "not making the meetings" or "spiritually-weak" but that there is a conscientious reason you have rejected the entire watchtower society life than choosing to forego what they know you know to be their one-and-only holy and sacred event of the year, the lord's evening meal.

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  You know your an ex J-Dub when...

  by Batman89 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  finish the sentence.

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