Do You Know Of Anyone That Has Seen A Therapist Because Of Being A Witness? (page 3)

hoser

I agree. Being a jw causes mental illness. Too much cognitive dissonance, moving the goalposts and you can never be good enough.

minimus

I don’t think I can agree that being a Jehovah’s Witness causes mental illness. Plenty of Jehovah’s Witnesses are not mentally ill as well as ex witnesses.

hoser

I will restate. I don’t think it is mentally healthy being a witness. Maybe it aggravates a pre existing condition. Being kept on the jw treadmill and the unrealistic expectations are not healthy.

john.prestor

I agree with that rephrasing, hoser. JWs are under a lot of stress and are routinely shamed by the Governing Body and the elders more directly.

I find it hysterical when someone realizes not only was I raised as a JW but that I was an elder for years. Most people will say, I would never have believed you were a Witness! You seem so normal…. Lol

john.prestor

You seem alright to me minimus :P

Ding

I think the real challenge would be to find a therapist that understands how cults operate and how they affect a person's mind, will, and emotions.

minimus

John u r a very wise man!✅

Rivergang

At the risk of sounding disrespectful, I would have thought this a rather obvious question.

Turning matters around just a little, I once knew a therapist whose clientele included a number of active JWs (ie ones who were at least physically still in).

This therapist observed that amongst her JW clients, abuse of women was a common theme.

Vidiot

I remember when I first realized that the JW lifestyle and worldview might not be the most conducive to mental and emotional health.

Fairly early in my fade.

Do You Know Of Anyone That Has Seen A Therapist Because Of Being A Witness?

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