Your witness self
Do you look back at your witness self and think "wow that was a different person"?Do you prefer the person you are today?I peer back and see someone much more timid and unsure and not entirely...
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I was way more neurotic, timid, anxious, and definitely unhappy. It was a struggle all the time. One thing I noticed when I left was that I had more energy. I didn't dread Saturdays, and I loved...
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I agree, I feel I am a better person today. I was always suppressing feelings which of course isn't healthy and I am a healthier person today. I no longer have stress related illnesses I was battling...
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I'm the same person now that I was then but I feel freer now as I had to repress part of myself and just ride the storm until I was officially old enough to leave.
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Punk: That's how I feel and how I felt even when involved with the Org. There was The sense that part of me wanted to break out of the straightjacket and I only stuck with it out a sense of duty. For...
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Oh yeah, one of the things I've also gotten a lot better at is saying and meaning "NO".And I've greatly reduced contact with certain poisonous people.I think it all comes from finally taking the...
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I was raised a JW but always felt I didn't really fit in. It just wasn't me to push people to change their religion, to shun witnesses who decided to leave, I never felt I was enjoying the ministry...
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stillajw, you post is very touching, you are accomplishing a wonderful balancing act and sacrificing yourself for the greater good in a way that is commendable; congratulations to you for your obvious...
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Dis Spell wrote:stillajw, you post is very touching, you are accomplishing a wonderful balancing act and sacrificing yourself for the greater good in a way that is commendable; congratulations to you...
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I see a completely different person when I look back on me as I was as a jw, it wasnt how I was meant to be and each day now I feel more and more my natural self. I can speak my own mind and my...
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Yes, and even though I was never full fledged and only studied and believed for a time, I look back at some of the conversations I had with my parents and cringe. I didn't notice the air of...
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Wow, great post Auth! I was just thinking about this very thing today. I recently accepted a promotion at work and am working on getting my Master's degree, and throughout the process I was thinking...
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We all do what we think is best depending upon our circstances.I learn from those that remain in the church because they share.Hubby was Mormon and because of wanting to use their genealogy library,...
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defiantly a better person then i was when i was JW, from going to the meetings i would actually get boredom headaches, there were times i hoped to get sick so i didnt have to go to a meeting or out in...
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Being "born in" myself I always thought things were the way they were supposed to be. Funny though I didn't enjoy the weekends hardly ever (not that I really liked going to work either). So all things...
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Inspector- it seems life is always about scheduling this or that.
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Great input from everybody. It seems a common experience is being anxious/neurotic as a witness. Not surprising considering you're expecting a terrible tragedy that you're never sure you're doing...
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I know who I was when I was still a JW. I was someone who sat through every meeting just counting down the minutes until I could get out of there. I was someone who would drive to the meeting with...
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I was born in and although it never really resonated with me the biggest thing for me was thinking there was something wrong with me because after all this IS "the truth". I left years ago and just...
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I'm a born in and didn't realise lives were lived differently until I started primary school. By the time I left ... I'd had enough of being Miss Meek and Mild. I'd had enough of being checked out by...
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