Recovering after leaving the JW religion.
If you struggle to feel passionate about anything and look at people who do with a slightly green tinge on your face, don’t worry too much. You are not alone. This is something many people struggle with, and not just former JWs! However, former JWs do face a unique set of circumstances that…
This post explores how the meaning of death is distorted in Jehovah’s Witness teachings and culture, and three ways that rethinking everything we formerly believed about death can help us learn to be truly alive. Reassessing JW beliefs about death Many of us struggle to figure out what we want after leaving the Witnesses….
Self-help, Life coaching, Counsellors, Therapists, Psychologists, and Psychiatrists: What’s the difference?! What do I need? This post is about the many different ‘helping’ options out there to help you find the one that is right for you. As JWs we were never encouraged to seek any form of mental health treatment outside of the…
This post is all about learning to be happy after leaving the Witnesses. We explore happiness, contentment, and satisfaction, and what these concepts mean when the JW distortions have been stripped away. Despite everything you were told as a JW, your own personal happiness is actually extremely important. Feeling happy is important, pursuing what…
As JWs, we became very good at accepting things we didn’t agree with. Trying to change anything or do anything other than accept the status quo was not only futile, but potentially even dangerous. You could bring shame on yourself, your family, on God, and on the organisation, only to end up cast out…
As self-indulgent as it may sound to anyone who has been a JW, getting to know yourself is the best thing you can do to help yourself learn to live after leaving. As a JW, your entire sense of self is set aside, squashed, and told that it has no right to exist. The…