The JW experience, God and Mental Issues

by mankkeli 8 Replies latest jw friends

  • mankkeli
    mankkeli

    Continous thought about the existense of God, the creator deity and the source of the supernatural can be very confusing, and if not properly checked and put under control, It can lead to mental issues. Coming along with this experience is also the JW sophistications.

    From all dimensions, The JW experience has been proven to be a terrible one, the more I think of it, the more horrible it feels inward, some may wish to reverse time and live differently without the JW acquiantance while others may feel the experience had its own benefit despite enormous odds, It might have given them the opportunity to see the world from a different perspective while for some it was a complete waste of time.

    Those who finally discovered the deceits of the organisation and its destructive machinations but still remained in like myself are finding everyday life difficult, The thought of being abandoned and shunned by 9 family members is terrifying. Attending all the meetings and not finding joy in them anymore is not just a waste of time but an abuse of the human mind. But the JWs don't care.

    A workmate asked me today why was I speaking to myself all alone, I was uncounscious of it, but it just came naturally, the exit process of leaving the organisation is troubling emotionally. No one arround you sees your point and all your reasons are invalid. You just have to pretend everything is allright when the JWs are arround. You feel completely disconnected from the people, but you can't express your feelings. They feel their organisation is Noah's ark and it represents the only vessel for survival and they are heavily wrapped up in this illussion, any contending opinion is a threat and must be cast away.

    Please tell me how it went while you were planning your exit, which tools have proved productive. Do you have the urge to always express opinions contrary to the organisations'?, how does it feel to pretend ?.

  • kazar
    kazar

    I never had any family in the organization but it was very difficult for me to leave. I tried forcing myself to believe what I no longer could because I had nothing else to believe in and was terrified of suddenly not believing I and my family would live forever, I would have to live completely in the world without belief in a God. I did try to continue to believe in Jehovah for a while but it didn't work. There are times I am deeply depressed over it all. I come here and can express myself where I cannot anywhere else. It helps.

  • Band on the Run
    Band on the Run

    I could not remain. The strain was so great that I risked losing family members. To my shock, they looked the other way. We never discussed it. As I recall, it was very confusing. I just wanted to be loved but also to be true to myself. During my teen years, I was dragged against my will to the KH, where I was pinched and kicked in open site. My father died. My mom told me to get ready for KH. I gave her my ultimatum. She would need to call the police. If she tried to apply Witness doctrine to my younger sibs, i would hire a lawyer before the school or hopsital did. i was allowed to stay home. The rest of the family never returned to KH. There was no discussion.

  • sizemik
    sizemik
    You feel completely disconnected from the people, but you can't express your feelings.

    After 6 months of this I developed a fairly severe mental illness. Fortunately it coincided with the exit of several families besides mine who were on the same page. We all lived in different towns so it was difficult to maintain the connections, but discussions took place regarding everyone's misgivings and eventually more than 50 left. This helped me a lot, but the damage was done and it took me and my family about five years to recover. I'm generally a mentally strong person, but "faking it" is my weak point. If you find it a strain . . . watch your mental health.

  • factfinder
    factfinder

    I did not "plan" to leave. It just happenned naturally. I have no friends or family in the cong-there was nothing there to draw me to the meetings anymore.

  • factfinder
    factfinder

    I did not "plan" to leave. It just happenned naturally. I have no friends or family in the cong-there was nothing there to draw me to the meetings anymore.

  • factfinder
    factfinder

    I did not "plan" to leave. It just happenned naturally. I have no friends or family in the cong-there was nothing there to draw me to the meetings anymore.

  • factfinder
    factfinder

    I did not "plan" to leave. It just happenned naturally. I have no friends or family in the cong-there was nothing there to draw me to the meetings anymore.

  • factfinder
    factfinder

    I do not know why my post was repeated- very strange.

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