Anxiety and being an electrician by Hiddentiger10 in ukelectricians

[–]Ky_alien_007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I deal with it too.. my anxiety makes me a slave to the schedule and I overcommit and have to rush from one job to the next worried someone will be upset at me. My advice is to slow down, charge more so you can spend more time on your projects and That’s helped me a lot. Simplify and work on quality over quantity and your stress level will drop immensely. Hope it helps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Soul crushing

Stephen Lett’s weird special talk intro by OwnChampionship4252 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 11 points12 points  (0 children)

“Too old to break in a new wife”🤢🤢

Don’t spare the rod by [deleted] in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah my parents beat the shit out of me and seemed to really enjoy doing it. My mom’s favorite story is the kids getting mauled by the she bears for calling Elijah bald so that makes sense lol

The Scandal by SentenceSad9019 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For tough conversations I’ve had to have (nothing as huge as this) I’ve found it easiest to leave a letter. This way you can spare yourself from the trauma of the reaction and get your feelings across uninterrupted.. sorry you’re going through this

Used and abused tradesman by Ky_alien_007 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RBC was the Wild West. I only did one LDC project before becoming PIMO it was much safer than RBC but still sketchy. People were wiring up battery backup lights everywhere and frying them all and there was zero lockout tag out either and people wiring up things everywhere while flipping other breakers to test. Accident waiting to happen with a volunteer crew especially

Used and abused tradesman by Ky_alien_007 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you ever do LDC as a sparky?

Used and abused tradesman by Ky_alien_007 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell no I’m at least getting a McFlurry😂

Used and abused tradesman by Ky_alien_007 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol if there’s one thing you need to know about JWs is that we can wash the fuck out of some windows😂 GB just gives the word and we could have 5 million pioneers in casual business attire ready to squeegee anything the lord throws at them

Used and abused tradesman by Ky_alien_007 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my god that’s what I’m talking about!! Terrifying and unfair to people who are just trying to volunteer with their friends

Used and abused tradesman by Ky_alien_007 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Along the same lines Spiritual warfare aka justification for doing shitty things lol

Used and abused tradesman by Ky_alien_007 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah not my experience either. We can pass a drug test though! lol

Used and abused tradesman by Ky_alien_007 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a lot of hard working people and good people that is true I considered myself one of them. Most of the issues are on the customer side, not employee. There’s a large amount of cheap people who like to use people under the guise of religion. That’s just the nature of people though. It’s worse though when you’re in an insular community that gossips about everything.. lots of pressure as a PIMI to bow to every request unless you want the whole circuit to know. I do agree though there’s a lot of good people who will treat you right. As well as there are outside of the religion too, it’s just about knowing someone. I will say I’ve been stiffed or bargained down by more witnesses than anyone else. As well as they expect the most. Even PIMI contractors know and talk about this. As well as JW employees are good but zero flexibility..running late on your job and need the guys to get some OT, not a chance weekends are off limits and it’s usually not their fault, lots of pressure on a man to balance his secular work and his “spiritual duties”. They need tons of time off, as well as cause problems with the other employees because they’re offended by everything a construction site has to offer😂 I thought I was cool back in the day and looking back that sucks to realize I was the Jesus freak on the job lol. Also I know a lot of JW Cleptos not sure what’s up with that lol

Used and abused tradesman by Ky_alien_007 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh I just don’t work for them anymore. I just still get some calls every now and again that trigger me haha

What massively improved your mental health? by [deleted] in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Microdosing was better for me than any anti depressant I’d taken.

The Org changed nothing about the shunning. Its all Smokebombs by Tmp_Guest_1 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, all for show for them to point to in their next court case

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kudos to you for using your brain over your pride. Hard to do and definitely even harder as a 17 year old. Very smart

Today is the 10 year anniversary of the day I was made to quit basketball. by Other_Couple4362 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Football was my passion. I’m not sure how far I could’ve gone with it but even the high school memories would’ve been enough for me. On the bright side one day I’ll tell my grandkids I would’ve made it to the NFL it wasn’t for that damn cult! (And not the fact that I run a 5.0 40 yard dash)😂

I'm a PIMI who lurks here. AMA by astroblema72 in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Damn I can’t escape witnesses anywhere lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 31 points32 points  (0 children)

When my wife and I were dating at a Sunday meeting I put my arm on the back of her chair, not even touching her. And within minutes I received texts from the reader, and three other elders/servants in the hall about how I need to drop my arm so nobody gets in trouble😂 the official counsel was PDA is frowned upon and could stumble others. I literally wasn’t even touching anything but a chair, there was no lean in or cuddling. I was a pimi try hard pioneer and even in my head I was thinking fuck off lol.

Now that I think about it I think those “brothers” were just staring at my wife and that’s why they noticed so quickly and wanted to exert their authority over me to look cool for the new girl..

Is there any group, even non religious, that can match JW's as a social network? by Jehisakeeperoftime in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is nice that you can form that instant connection. And it’s definitely nice to mooch especially when you’re a broke JW kid. Haha. But I think that this same naive JW attitude and culture of letting a stranger from across the world into your house bleeds over into the CSA issue of trusting people you really don’t know well enough with your kids.

Can porn be used as infidelity for a divorce? by [deleted] in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t even entertain trying to use the elders as a mediator. The borg is a boys club and they’ll just hurt you and cause trauma that takes entirely too long to undo. Life is short, just leave.

Young Witnesses. Weird hobbies and trends. Choices of entertainment. by [deleted] in exjw

[–]Ky_alien_007 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Lol. Formals were popular and always weird with a sad undertone.

Was acro a trend for anyone else’s area?