Seeing it from the outside is scary.
Recently a JW relative here confided that she was going to go live separate from her husband for a while because she needed to sort out some of her personal issues and had to be alone. Of course the elders are in there like a dirty shirt every other day telling the poor woman what she is doing is unscriptural (um really =/ it's not permanent no worse than husbands who live somewhere else to work for a while) etc etc. She is seeing a counsellor which I am very glad and just wants some time to work things out. Her husband is there brow beating her in front of company saying she is spirtually weak and the person who was there with me launches into a lecture about guarding her spirutuality and wishing there was anything she could do to change her mind.
Me? I said sometimes you have to put yourself first only you know what is best for you. And that no matter who turns their back on her for this I would never do so. I've been through enough of that myself.
Just scary the disregard JWs have for PEOPLE when they launch into their ridiculous watchtower judgemental mode. And made me sick to see someone do that to someone suffering from depression and other emotional issues. Although surrounded by people like that no wonder! Want a modern day example of possession? Brain washing on that level is pretty close to it.