I was browsing Salon.com recently, and came across this most excellent piece:
. http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/12/21/fundamentalist/
Read the article, and you will see that the experience of ex-JW's is far from unique. Partly due to my indoctrination about how unique JW's are, and partly because of my own inability to comprehend how much my own life experiences have been echoed in the lives of others, I long labored under the supposition that I was in some strange niche. Nice to know that is not the case.
As an aside, I heartily recommend Salon.com to all of my friends. I have not come across any other site on the net with such intelligent commentary and views. It is well worth the cost of premium membership there to get access to all of the great things that Salon has to offer.
Peace,
Mike Pence