Making Friends After Leaving the JWs
Starting Over, Alone? There’s a reason shunning is one of the defining factors of a cult. Shunning, combined with social isolation, makes it much, much harder…
Thinking for yourself isn’t just a right—it’s a responsibility. Nobody but you answers for your choices. More importantly, nobody but you lives with their consequences.
You don’t need permission to have your own beliefs.
Understanding the mechanics of cultic influence mechanisms, coercive control, and religious abuse systematically designed to gaslight you out of making your own choices helps you reclaim what matters most: yourself.
This is the journey, and it belongs to you.
Take what works for you and leave what doesn’t, always. The point here is never to tell you what to think. The point is to encourage you to do your own.
Starting Over, Alone? There’s a reason shunning is one of the defining factors of a cult. Shunning, combined with social isolation, makes it much, much harder…
Jehovah’s Witnesses have an uncanny talent for finding people at their most vulnerable—like after a loss—and dangling hope in front of them with glossy, full-color illustrations…
Thinking About Baptism? Read This First For young Jehovah’s Witnesses, baptism isn’t just a big deal — it’s the deal. And if you haven’t taken the…
Leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses is an excruciating journey fraught with guilt, shame, and tough choices. Learn to find authenticity and freedom amidst the emotional minefield of escape.
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