Does anyone else feel or know that Jehovah's Witnesses damaged their health?
I know many have emerged with depression, and I'm very relieved that I am not one of them.
But, being the age I am, (a large tribe of grandchildren) I was nonetheless pressured to go out door to door in steep countryside often in bad weather, and because I was doing my best to keep up that ended in an injury which has proved to be long lasting.
And that's not counting the stress-induced consequences...I won't cite them all here, but physical. A few days in hospital and a summer spent on compulsory almost complete rest can all be laid at the Watchtower's door.The trauma of actually extricating oneself from the Borg is not stopped when one has finally written that letter that disassociates oneself from them. In my case, I wrote it about 6 weeks later. But the final literature took a lot longer for me to get out of the house. And I still find bits...found two DVD's last week.
It just came to my mind...it's first thing in the morning here...and I wondered if I am an exception or if many others can lay physical ill health firmly at the door of the Watchtower and its local tentacles. In my case, too, it is documented with my doctor and solicitor. But a total waste of time to ever think of taking any action.