The biggest thing with me, is that I should have left this religion back by the time I was least 21. The older you get and the longer you stay in: the harder it is to leave. I've been so brainwashed that I literally have to be on disability. Im barley functioning in the real world. The only thing that has truly helped me is government assistance and my jws parents that's it. I know the government is a part of the world but you guys get what I mean.
Joliette
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette inmade a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.
people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.
i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette inmade a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.
people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.
i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Joliette
You guys are missing the point. If something ends up happening to me who is going to help me? If I ended up getting seriously sick in an accident no ex Jehovah's Witness is gonna help. I know the religion is BS and I'm not throwing a pity party at all. Im being realistic. Maybe some xjws help other xjws but there isn't a large amount of xjws helping other ones. It's hard to leave when your family is still in it your relatives etc.
I believe that life is better for some ex Jehovah's Witnesses but not but for all. And it depends on what type of therapist you can find. Most therapist do not specialize in cult recovery. Right now I'm trying to get disability but it's been hell trying to get it gonna have to get an attorney. I've read books did research but i still have to go to work and function. It hasn't been very easy for me. I wish I was thriving out in the world. That's not true for all ex Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette inmade a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.
people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.
i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Joliette
And most churches basically are all the same.
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette inmade a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.
people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.
i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Joliette
Im in America...
Like I mentioned in a previous post, people always talk about therapy and joining another church. You have to have the right insurance in order to get the best therapy.
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette inmade a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.
people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.
i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Joliette
Im in America...
Like I mentioned in a previous post, people always talk about therapy and joining another church. You have to have the right ins
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette inmade a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.
people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.
i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Joliette
Im assuming that the last two posters are males. Your experience is probably different.
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette inmade a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.
people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.
i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Joliette
Every situation is different. Maybe with you guys you had a more hopeful situation when you left and more support. If I ended up getting seriously sick and passing away I won't have any support. Yes some people can leave and live successful lives but not all can fit in with the world. Im one of those people. I've just been too brainwashed. Ill never live the normal life. Yes I do not go to the kingdom hall now but not being there hasn't benefitted me. I haven't gotten a lot of help from ex Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette inmade a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.
people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.
i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Joliette
Since a lot of my relatives are JWs and I made the stupid mistake of talking about my upbringing to non-JWs family and friends that I had, they all think I'm a JWs. Then I haven't been too successful at having a career, I'm in a lot of student loan debt, I don't have a lot of security out in the world. I've dealt with a lot discrimination at work (I'm African American and female) so I'm probably never gonna be able to pay back my student loans at all. I'm starting to realize that life is mostly a scam. Even when I try to explain being raised as a JW's to my past therapist, they didn't understand. I would have been better off just not talking about it all. Talking about it to people just made things worse. I believe anybody that is exposed to this religion or who follows it is cursed.
As two-faced and sociopathic as people are there, I probably would have more security being a JW's. I'm not sexually active, I don't smoke at all, I drink only very occasionally. No matter how much I've tried telling people I'm not a JW's people still think I'm a JW's. I know, it's a crazy existence. I had to make better choices when I was younger.
I know its a lot of hidden agendas at the kingdom hall, I know how bipolar the people are, I know there's a lot of scam artist there, but hey, the world isn't so much better. I have lesser of a chance of making it out in ' the world' because of the mistakes that I made in the past. If I had left when I was 18, had never talked about it again, avoided getting in debt, had started a family when I was younger, I probably would be scot-free by now.
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette inmade a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.
people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.
i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Joliette
The biggest thing that I think of is: What if I have a medical emergency? What if I end up having a terminal illness? I don't smoke, drink very occasionally, and I do have non-JW's friends, but I've realized that most of them were never really my friends. I know a lot of people at the KH aren't really my friends either. It's really more of a security thing than anything. I don't have a lot of security out in the world.
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Havent gone to the kingdom hall in ten years but may have to go back...
by Joliette inmade a big mistake of talking about being raised as a jehovah's witness to some old friends and family.
people have told me that i am still a jws even though i've never been baptized.
i'm in school for social services, dealing with student loan debt, and a lot of other debt.
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Joliette
I've gone through therapy that hasn't really helped. Although I hate it and I know it's a scam, I may have to go back. Had to make better choices when I was younger. Had to realize that I wasn't a Jehovah's Witness and to never talk about it again. That's the hold that this group has on people. It's all mind control. They basically own you forever. It's like slavery. The world is a very hateful place, it's gotten more racist and discriminative since I got in my 30s. Yes, you guys I know what it's really all about now, I just wish I realized it when I was younger. Once I told non JWs friends, family and coworkers that I was raised as a JWs, that's where the mistake came in. Pretty much just destroyed my life.