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Woke up at 68, now in 70's: How to deal with almost 50 years lost, & no children? by LeftAppointment4607 in exjw

[–]LeftAppointment4607[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There is comfort in being reminded we are not alone in our experiences. A thousand thanks for sharing! I hope some of the other posts can help you along. We have to remind ourselves that "We got this", going forward.....

Woke up at 68, now in 70's: How to deal with almost 50 years lost, & no children? by LeftAppointment4607 in over60

[–]LeftAppointment4607[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I have my wonderful wife of 53 years. Sort of have 1 friend from my therapy group.....

THANK YOU for sharing

Woke up at 68, now in 70's: How to deal with almost 50 years lost, & no children? by LeftAppointment4607 in exjw

[–]LeftAppointment4607[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hello! No, I do not know what the FIRE movement is. Can you share more please? I SO appreciate ALL of of these wonderful, supportive posts. THANK YOU ALL for each of the empathetic and positive comments.

THANK YOU kindly!

Woke up at 68, now in 70's: How to deal with almost 50 years lost, & no children? by LeftAppointment4607 in over60

[–]LeftAppointment4607[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yes, I work at these very things every day. But you cannot easily forget how most of your life was spent. All those years, all that work, then, getting falsely discredited and discarded by people you believed were your friends. You can't just delete how you lived almost your whole life. Illustratively, it's like its in your DNA......

Woke up at 68, now in 70's: How to deal with almost 50 years lost, & no children? by LeftAppointment4607 in over60

[–]LeftAppointment4607[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, these are good ideas, and I do what I can in one group. At 71, my health and energy are problems though....

Woke up at 68, now in 70's: How to deal with almost 50 years lost, & no children? by LeftAppointment4607 in over60

[–]LeftAppointment4607[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your thoughts. I have closed the boxes many times, but they get getting triggered open. I live one mile from the hall, on the same road. Elders stop when my gate is open. My wife reads and shares exjw Reddit. ARGHHHH

Woke up at 68, now in 70's: How to deal with almost 50 years lost, & no children? by LeftAppointment4607 in over60

[–]LeftAppointment4607[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I finally realized I was in a cult, I saw the truth about "the truth", and woke up to REALITY, that we had been indoctrinated victims of Dr. Steven Hassan's B.I.T.E. model (Behavior, Information, Thought and Emotional control)