it gets better !

you see my brain knows this and for that reason creating stuff takes up 90% of my free time and 30% of time at school when I really shouldn't

it's good that we're saying "i don't feel guilty about pleasure im not Catholic" but we also need to start saying "i don't feel self-righteous about being overworked I'm not Puritan"

Actually, I have a really complicated relationship with the word “love” because of how christians twist and redefine it. They say, “love isn’t a feeling, it’s an action,” and I might agree with them, except that what they actually mean is, “love is doing what I think is best for you, despite or even against your own wishes.” They mean, “love is coercion” and “love has no boundaries” and “love needs no consent.” They mean, “I know best,” they mean, “I won’t listen,” they mean, “I will hurt you if I think your behavior, your being, your nonconformity justifies it, and I will tell you it’s for your own good.” And everyone’s a sinner, so everyone, in a sense, is fair game. But most especially the heretic, the lapsed, the queer, the addict, the slut, the nonbeliever, the racialized & criminalized & poor. They say, “god is love,” and “god knows best,” and “I am god’s hands.” And they say, “god loves you, whether you want it or not.”

Have that pathetic crying session. It will save you

Say what you will, but Satan never threatened to burn me alive forever for not loving him.

Any other Ex-JW artists find their realistic art style is unreasonably influenced by My Book of Bible Stories and Learn From the Great Teacher, or is it just me?

“A meek person is willing to make difficult changes when provided concrete proof that cherished beliefs are wrong” so none of you then…or is it that if you don't look the evidence doesn't exist? Lol. Lmao even

god. I’ve always known it would be hard but I didn’t think I’d be alone for this long. It’s been years on my own after being shunned, and I’m still just that: on my own. I desperately need close connection I need PEOPLE in my life. People I can talk to.

you absolutely must choose yourself this time

Some months ago I was talking with my dad about how leaving was traumatic for me, and he didn’t get it really, but it’s like… Dude, once I left I didn’t see or speak to 70-90% of the people I was raised around, ever again. I didn’t hear from anyone. The mother of two childhood friends died last month and the last time I saw her was on a Sunday five years ago. That’s traumatic man!