I was wondering who the woman is in the appeal meetings? I was surprised that they tolerated her presence. Also I was wondering about the issues pertaining to your mental state, there was a mention of potential suicide, and so forth. I hope that you are fine. I hope that some of this was just positioning on your part.looking forward to hearing more of your experience and seeing what your family will do. What happened to the JW roommate?
As far as I know I'm still not DF'ed yet, but the elders said they would want to meet with me again and this has not happened since my 'laywer' call the person in charge of my appeal committee and threatened to charge him for tampering with my friends recording equipment. I'm not sure if this means they will just DF me or are consulting with WTS legal department to see how they should proceed.
The woman in the first appeal is my mother, she knew it was being recorded and definately was trying to use the mental issues to prove that the WTS does not care about problems like depression or sucide for people that have left the borg. They offer no counceling or support once someone leaves, but they tell them if they want to come back that they should not talk to any 'worldly' people, effectly forcing that person to totally isolate themselves. I'm fine now, but in the past I have suffered from depression and I've been in the hospital twice for sucide attempts because I was DF'ed in the past and cut off from all my friends and family. It was a very tough time in my life and I felt like God had abondanded me and there was no hope or reason to live anymore. It took me a long time but not that I am free from the grips of false teachings from the WTS I'm finally putting my life back together.
My JW roommate is still living with me, but once I am offically DF'ed I'm sure he will leave. I'm starting a new job this summer that pays very well and I'm not worried about money. Having done this little documentry has been very theraputic for me and has helped me leave with a feeling like I did it on my terms not theirs. I'm glad other people have enjoyed this project and I hope that it helps some people see what these people who claim to be loving elders are really like behind closed doors.
~ SoL