@LOLS Oh sweetie, I am so, so sorry to hear about your family situation! It's so scary how deep the indoctrination runs and its ability to completely change someone's personality. Are you able to say which part of the world you're based in? Just trying to work out if we're anywhere close to one another so I can offer you some help or support of some sort. Are you managing okay with the kids on your own?
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You are NOT alone !
by stuckinarut2 inthis post is mainly for our new forum visitors and members.
perhaps even those who are just lurking or visiting here but have not yet signed up.
maybe you are in the initial stages of researching and finding out the earthshattering and life changing information about the religion that you once held dear and called “the truth”.. it can be a very stressful period of time as you realise that your whole foundation has changed and that the people in your life that you call friends or family may not take kindly to the things you have discovered.
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Finding new friends or a new congregation in Germany
by Gideon90 inhello dear jw community,.
i'm looking for new friends or a new congregation in the area of germany/berlin.
i grew up in the truth, but some circumstances have made me not taking the faith seriously.
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@TD I didn't know you were German! You based in Europe?
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Finding new friends or a new congregation in Germany
by Gideon90 inhello dear jw community,.
i'm looking for new friends or a new congregation in the area of germany/berlin.
i grew up in the truth, but some circumstances have made me not taking the faith seriously.
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Wie geht es dir, @Gideon90?
Willkommen auf der Website! Darf ich fragen, was dich dazu gebracht hat, deinen Glauben nicht ernst zu nehmen?
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You are NOT alone !
by stuckinarut2 inthis post is mainly for our new forum visitors and members.
perhaps even those who are just lurking or visiting here but have not yet signed up.
maybe you are in the initial stages of researching and finding out the earthshattering and life changing information about the religion that you once held dear and called “the truth”.. it can be a very stressful period of time as you realise that your whole foundation has changed and that the people in your life that you call friends or family may not take kindly to the things you have discovered.
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@smiddy3 They call me L. Ron Jo-Ho.
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You are NOT alone !
by stuckinarut2 inthis post is mainly for our new forum visitors and members.
perhaps even those who are just lurking or visiting here but have not yet signed up.
maybe you are in the initial stages of researching and finding out the earthshattering and life changing information about the religion that you once held dear and called “the truth”.. it can be a very stressful period of time as you realise that your whole foundation has changed and that the people in your life that you call friends or family may not take kindly to the things you have discovered.
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@doubtful1799 I third that.
When I informed my mother that I would never set a foot again in a Kingdom Hall, she told me in threatening terms that "you will lose EVERYONE. NO ONE will talk to you again if you do that."
In terms of the cult then being my entire world, she was right. But once I stepped foot out of the Watchtower stratosphere, I was suddenly overwhelmed by globular clusters, horsehead nebulas, cosmic rays and newly discovered planets. My entire universe had expanded.
Looking back, I now see the Watchtower as nothing more than a vacuous black hole, rapidly diminishing in size as the rest of the real world comes into focus. I'm so glad I found you all. Alien territory has never felt more like home.
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My Reflections On a Year of Freedom
by Saethydd inin 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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Much love to you and your girlfriend. Xxx
Your smile is one of peace and closure in that picture. Thank you so much for sharing the face behind your apostasy :).
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New Shunned VIDcast #3 - Comparing Ourselves To Others
by dubstepped injust 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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I watched it earlier this evening! Interesting point about how we tend to diminish stress/pain/suffering/tragedy by comparing ourselves to someone who has it worse. Because there's always somebody who had it worse than the person who had it worse than you... and so on, and so forth. Total light bulb moment for me when you said, "so, what - is only the person at the bottom of this unfortunate pile - are they the only person that counts and everyone else is... of no consequence?"
On the flip side, sometimes the only thought that can get me through a bratty day with WHAM! Jr is: at least he's not kidnapped, or at least he's not fighting a life threatening illness... And then I gratefully scrub the chunky sh*t stain off the carpet, lol.
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Sex Offenders and Children Generally
by Lost in the fog inis there a change in the way child sex offenders are being perceived?
this article is from the telegraph newspaper.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/8201521/sex-offenders-including-paedophiles-should-be-allowed-to-adopt-theresa-may-told.html.
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@freddo Well, this video is only a year old:
Once again, the extreme left's obsession with equity pushes civilisation closer and closer to the edge of social chaos.
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Spiritual "Protection" - a Menace on Psychological Development
by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho innot 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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@Lost in the fog: "Your post jo-ho is an inspiration for the many."
Hey - your original post was what gave birth to this one. Thank YOU for being the inspiration behind this.
@Whynot I didn't realize that these were tougher than usual months for you. I'm only a year faded and sometimes still get taken off guard by emotional setbacks from the cult. Thanks for keeping it real and helping me realistically see that it's okay to not have everything figured out and put behind us so neatly. You're a wonderful parent who has made great sacrifices to ensure your little ones will never go through what we're going through now. Good on you.
@mentalclarity And thank YOU for sharing many of your own insights with me via PM/email when I first joined. I can only imagine how much more you've gained emotionally and intellectually post graduation now. Keep going strong :).
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Their crazy cult videos broadcasted at the conventions.
I literally woke up DURING the Remain Loyal convention due to the insane bunker videos, and the grotesquely warm reception received by the shunning video.
I sat there numbly, like: