Cordelia - life was given you to be you!
WT try to make you what they want you to be!
And they subliminally alter all others to do the same to you on their behalf - especially those closest to you!
And they make them feel responsible for your having your own mind as if it were an evil thing when in fact it is a gift of life!
Andthey stoop to making you feel guilt for the guilt of those closest to you.
WT tactics are the sickest trick you will find to get groups to all believe what none of them 'feel' in order to release each other from guilt!
Circular emotional blackmail!
You are right to be yourself! It will be hard because they have so many buttons they keep pressing to harm your inner core!
Rememeber the giver of life gave the life in you to you and no other human! You did not request it - it was a gift!
I have a parent who is non JW and now view them as a door to my birth and not as a spiritual parent on account of a complete reluctance to consider my entitlement to my own thoughts and emotions!
I did not wish it but it is so and I will adapt with sadness and regret but without a choice My path has been set by them so I must do according to my own heart which is badly hurt but full of truth!
I wish you well in being who you are!