Welcome Simple Minds, thanks for posting your experience, so glad you have listened to your inner voice and realised the enormous scam promoted by the WTBTS. Yes they claim to be the only 'really' happy people...that is absurd.
The words in Matthew attributed to Jesus saying "You must be perfect like your heavenly father" must be the worst possible psychological advice ever given. Anyone attempting it is bound to fail or end up in a mental hospital. No wonder so many JWs are on tranquillizers.
I reckon your request for time and space to recover your equilibrium is one that nobody can deny you and you can use the time to relax a bit, read and find your feet again. The trouble is as most of us have found, that as a JW we are not prepared for real life, only for life under the delusional Watchtower hope...so it does take time to readjust, but we get there in the end.
Anyway, well done for escaping and looking forward to hearing more of your story... and never fear the elders.