What Kind Of Psychological Conseling Do You Think Jehovah's Witnesses Need When They Find Out It's Not The Truth?

by Brokeback Watchtower 23 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  Brokeback Watchtower

  I personally would like to see they get the very best but haven't a clue how to do it what are your benevolent words of wisdom, should a person do a deep research on his own a kind of self medication or should they brush up on some psychology,, who should they trust because after you leave you got big trust issues.

  I don't know about you but to me it was a real shocker, I was totally into getting their worthless bull shit out of my head. I choose the self medicate path and did as must research as time would allow,, science was a biggie for me, it was enjoyable learning to get so much bull shit out of my head.
  
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  tor1500

  Hi,

  I think it has to be more like a time capsule it has to release the medicine little by little. Most JW's will not be able to go cold turkey. I am a witness and know tatt but what I notice is that if they find out it's not the truth their world has been crushed. There was a female on this site that found out the truth was not the truth, she almost lost it. Her very foundation was shaken.

  See being a witness for some it offers life all tied up in a bow. Everything is groovy even their religion. All the "t's" crossed and all the "i's" dotted. Its a religion for OCD folks or folks who pretend to be. Many of us are not that neat but we see others that are so we pretend to be too.

  I think it is to know that when man tells you what God wants it's usually what man wants.

  There are nice people out here. You have to love you. That is the first step. Love God first that's if you still believe in him because he did create us. Read and listen to other things in life. Positive things. You say you got trust issues. Well if everyone was as bad as the org says or you think why aren't you stepping over dead bodies on the street. You cannot leave your life in the hands of others. That is what Jw's do. Something is said from the stage you read the scriptures and they don't line up. Jw's believe man more than the Bible. That is the first mistake.

  I am a witness. But I am as balanced as I can be. I would like to go but I have made some nice conditional friends but I also have friends and family that are not Jw's. so for me it's a matter of time.

  Do you trust yourself? Because that's where the trust (issue) starts. If you are not willing to trust folks, don't ask them for what you, yourself don't have. People have nothing to prove to you. In life there are no guarantees. We learn by our mistakes. The more we endure the more understanding we gain for one another.

  The truth is not an organization or a doctrine, it's not outside of you it's inside of you. You have to take what man says with a grain of salt.

  Tor
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  The Rebel

  " Misery loves company" So I think if we had a community of ex-jehovers witness meet up places, that would be great. This should be possible, because in the not so far away distant future, ex-witnesses may well outnumber the members.
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  smiddy

  Seriously: I think they just need to come here on this board ,you couldnt get more effective counsel more positive encouragement / feedback anywhere else but here.

  The people on this board have been their done that and they have first hand experience of everything anybody has gone through .

  I think ,what shrink ,pyschologist ,counsellor who has no experience / one on one with a Jehovahs Witness can possibly know what an ex JW is going through , only those who have been through this crap .

  And they are all on this board .

  Take advantage of them my friends,
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  DesirousOfChange

  ^^^^^^ What Smiddy said above!!!!

  A traditional counselor just cannot begin to understand the kind of trauma there is for a JW to leave the bOrg, especially the emotional consequences one faces from their family and friends.

  However, all of us have lived it. We know.
  
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  cha ching

  I think it all depends on the person.... Some people handle it better than others.

  Perhaps one of the biggest things that is hard to take is the loss of family, friends, and your 'eco-system'. If you could actually call up a friend, bounce things off of them, discuss the possibilities without them going into 'zombie-mode' it would definitely be easier.

  I mean, what if you had a group of five girlfriends, you all decided this was just getting a little weird, and left? You'd all be together, you'd still have things to do, people to talk to.... on and on.

  But..... the Borg knows exactly what it is doing.... The same thing they put the Catholic Church down for in the past "excommunication", but the WT is even more extreme.

  Blackmail, plain and simple.
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  stuckinarut2

  I agree that communities like this amazing forum are absolute life savers during and after the awakening period.

  It truly is "an interchange of encouragement" (see what I did there😉)

  Also, seeing a good counsellor who specialises in helping people who are escaping high control situations is priceless..

  These steps help us to see that we are NOT ALONE.
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  stuckinarut2

  Oh and also, simply being assisted to see that this life is ALL WE HAVE, and therefore rather than just biding time awaiting some future promised utopian make believe world, we need to value each and every day we have.

  Make your life count now!
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  berrygerry

  http://www.exitingthejwcult.com/p/if-you-are-going-to-see-mental-health.html
  

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/443640005/exiting-jw-cult-bonnie-zieman
  
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  dogon

  Depends on the person. But I can tell you that JWs who never have been exposed how to critically think are at a disadvantage. If you do not understand things like the bandwagon fallacy or ad-homonym attack fallacy your already an easy mark for mind control. JWs used to tell me they were not closed minded. If dubbers are not CM then it does not exist. JWs as rank and file are useful idiots to the cult leadership.