Oh dear, you had to embed the video where I was slightly merry with terrible hair xD Oh well it's all good! Deary me, I was a bit mad that day...
I do appreciate all the comments from everyone, it's great to see that many people have managed to leave or are in the process of doing so. If our experiences can help someone else then so much the better.
To the people talking about education, I attended an open week at a local university recently and sat in on several lectures. The contrast between the way they teach at uni and the way we - and I! - taught as witnesses could not have been greater. As nugget said, you are not being forced to accept one opinion, you are being presented with theories and invited to research them, discuss them and come to your own conclusion. I could immediately see how you would form much stronger impressions because it was personal to you, rather than adopting something else wholesale. So I'm really determined to enrol next year, just for my own sakes - if I get a better job from it then that's a bonus.
Btw nugget your paper sounds fascinating, I did try a couple of psychology lectures but they didn't really hit the spot for me. Leaning heavily towards English at the moment.
saltyoldlady re former friends, I do miss a select few people who I really did love as friends. They haven't replied to any contact attempts since I DA'd, but I am determined to try and keep some of them in the loop of what I am doing in life. You have to live in hope that they might wake up themselves one day. On the whole though I can't say I miss the general atmosphere of witness life, even though there are some lovely people, there is a lot of falseness which I am yet to experience out here in the real world.
