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Urgent Legal Help Needed: Asylum for a Minor
by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! ini'm going to be very vague and stick to just the most essential details (for reasons you will see):.
i am aware of a 17 year old (parents are dubs, he doesn't want to be but is forced to go to mtgs) who has been suicidal and asked a friend to come and get him from his home.
he left a note to his parents saying he is safe, etc., but his parents are already fairly sure of where he is.
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Saying "hi" leads to love and leaving your wife...
by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! ini've been struggling so much with some old programming that i truly feel is from the witnesses, and my father in particular.
he always told me men and women couldn't be friends -- unless they were married or related -- because they'd fall in love with each other and leave their mates.
that's why you could only be friends with your own gender and were never allowed to be alone with someone of the opposite sex, even in a car.
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Help, Advice Needed on Not Talking to Parents....
by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! ini feel like absolute s*(& after a long conversation with my sister this afternoon.
she's in the org.
and told me that if i won't have a relationship with my parents then she won't have one with me.
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This is true love...
by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! inso today i'm driving home and a block from my house there's a boy on the ground.
he'd been hit by a car while riding his bike.
everyone had stopped and i ran up to help if i could.
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Depression, Suicide, Abusive Parents
by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! inthis is my first time posting...i've been lurking for awhile.
i "faded away" in september and my mental health has greatly improved, although i still struggle with a somewhat-controlled eating disorder.
i have a long history of mental health problems, from the time i was about 20. i was raised "in the truth" and my parents were very emotionally/verbally abusive.
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Are you patriotic?
by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! intonight my husband and i watched the fireworks for the 4th of july.
i've never done this before, save for occasionally peering out of my window as a child hoping to see a few.
tonight was wonderful - beautiful, fun, and there were tons of people there who were behaving themselves at least as well as people behave at assembly.
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Sick Nostalgia...
by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! inlately i've been feeling overwhelming nostalgia for my time as a jw.
i know it's foolish and stupid, but it keeps happening.
today i was at starbucks and i saw a family come in after meeting.
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Research Study Proposal: Cults and Psych Disorders
by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! ini know i haven't been around for awhile, but a main reason is that i'm going to school for my psych degree and it's a lot of work.
that being said, i have the opportunity to do some undergrad research work funded by washington state university.
i have to submit a proposal and if it's accepted they'll fund my work to a limited amount.
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A Great Ex-JW Reunion!!
by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! inmy hiusband and i left the organization almost a year ago.
since then, i've thought many times of a friend who had da'd herself about 4 years ago.
a few weeks after she'd da'd herself we passed in a bathroom at a local store.
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Looking for Old Friends
by kitties_and_horses_oh_my! ini know it would be a huge stroke of luck to find any of these people, but if you're here or if you know of them, please pm me - i would be eternally grateful:.
david wiebe (sp?
from portland, oregon).