In the congregation where I grew up lived a family with four kids whose mother was tremendously stict. I remember hearing a lot of illustrations about springs compressed too tightly when it came to this family. All the kids are a little off. The sister was about 21 when she was df'd and kicked out. These kids were not prepared to move out of the nest at that age. She ended up sleeping in the shop where she worked for months. My best friend, who this sister conducted a study with when she was in junior high, was glad when I came out of the borg. To paraphrase my friend, "any group who can treat a family member like that doesn't have the truth."
When the question next comes up whether it would be better to get rid of disfellowshipping or blood restrictions, I think that the latter should go first, in that blood policy can kill you. The Watchtower religion is irrecoverable, beyond any redemption. And disfellowshipping is killing it. Amen.
Bodhisattva