You are like me I started a bible study aged 24 due to coming out of a DV traumatic relationship and being a single mother and I stayed in for 30 years I have only been out for 2.5 years but living my best life. Glad you are free too enjoy.
You story has inspired me to want to tell my story 😢 I'm soo happy that no one in your family followed you In. It's ok to Cry because this CULT is All about sadness, Misery, and Guilt and then you Die Nothing More or Less. Be blessed
Thank you for your vulnerability in telling your story. There are lots of born-ins that tell their story, but is so refreshing to hear the perspective of those that convert to the religion. Looking forward to part 2!
Yes I agree! I wasn’t born in and only lasted three years in baptized, plus the before baptism study/getting recruited time. But it was enough to where it blew the whole family apart. Born in is one thing, but being recruited in is quite another, like a long or short term “War” you’re fighting and coming back to an absent family. It was like an accelerated life-that three years was so deadly and serious. Then to be turned in to Elders by a JW husband for not agreeing with the Blood Doctrine, having to choose life over death, being dsfd and shunned, losing all you had and loved, ending up fighting for your life in hospital abandoned...yes, we need to hear much more from those not born in but recruited in. Thank you for this. 😢
I love hearing these real life JW experiences. Thanks for sharing yours🙏🏽. You got sucked into a high-control religion and then they wrapped you in the F.O.G; FEAR, OBLIGATION and GUILT. And once you’re baptized by them it really starts: the nitpicking, behavior control, the constant scrutiny, the demands for JW culture conformity & judgement. No different from any other religion there are some very sincere, god-fearing, well meaning people, BUT the cultish culture and control fostered by the leadership on down is insane ! Add to that the arrogance, hypocrisy & gaslighting from the leaders.
What a story! Your delivery style is so apt to the nature of this tragedy - slow and deliberate. That is just how the induction and indoctrinate proceeds. It really causes the emotions to surface. Those years when they emotionally kidnapped you (mid 20s - early 40s) are one's prime adult years. Squander them, and one is left hallow like a doughnut's core. Anyway, glad you woke up. looking forward to part 2. Former teacher here who also escaped.
Yep! POMIs (Physically Out, Mentally In) are the worst because they are in no man's land when it comes to their convictions. Brainwashing is a terrible thing.
Remember, we inherited the Sinful nature of Adam & Eve. On average most JWs have a past, like another Religion or are in search, if they were not born into the JW Religion, so previous to that of becoming a JW you are straddling the fence, thinking seriously but yet not committing wholeheartedly to become a JW, as the Religion is very much a Cult. I was Married to One and never became One. Met her through my Sister at my Mom's, house on Thanksgiving Day, Dinner Party in 1984 and One Year later we were Married. Dedicated to the Marriage but not JWs teaching and indoctrination; as I eventually became divorced with One child 10 years later and now neither One, are speaking to me; daughter is married to a JW, planning no child birth, so, I won't be Grandfather. Another thing JWs interfered with my Marriage and Bedroom. I fell Hook Line Sinker for her, but she was more dedicated to them, than me.
Thanks for telling your story! I’m still watching but wanted to point out why we let them get away with saying certain things to us. It’s because they put God into it! So, soon they put that “you are dust” crap on us, and “undeserved kindness” kind of talk…and “don’t listen to your heart” kind of thing!
As someone who grew up as a JW I knew since childhood NOT to get baptized b/c it could mean losing my family. I stayed an unbaptized publisher until I was no longer forced to go. Can’t wait to watch Part 2
😅 Some people are smarter than others. 😏 One of my JW associates growing up never got baptized. Serena only recently got baptized over 40 yoa after birthing one child , marrying and a becoming a GOAT of the professional tennis.
1. **Initial Introduction and Relationship (**00:02** - **01:36**)** The narrator, T, shares her story of dating a Jehovah's Witness (JW) at age 26. He was born and raised as a JW but was not baptized. Despite his stance on their relationship being inappropriate, they continued dating, and he shared JW beliefs, particularly about paradise and resurrection. 2. **First Kingdom Hall Visit (**02:31** - **04:26**)** On her 27th birthday, T decided to attend a JW Kingdom Hall meeting to understand her boyfriend's beliefs. She was intrigued by the punctuality and structured nature of the service, especially compared to her Baptist upbringing. 3. **Bible Study Initiation (**08:49** - **12:19**)** A JW member offered her a free Bible study, which she accepted. They started with lessons that resonated with her, such as why people die. She found the couple leading the study friendly and welcoming, which initially made her feel positive about the experience. 4. **Doubts and Tensions Arise (**13:48** - **15:20**)** During a Bible study session, another JW member joined, leading to a tense and uncomfortable interaction. T felt judged and criticized, which made her reconsider continuing with the studies. She noticed the group's controlling behavior. 5. **Feeling Manipulated (**16:45** - **17:59**)** T started noticing manipulative behavior, like being pressured to provide explanations for her absence from meetings. She felt the group was trying to guilt her into compliance, which made her question their intentions. 6. **Deciding to Get Baptized (**38:37** - **40:23**)** Despite her reservations, T decided to get baptized as a JW at age 30, encouraged by the acceptance and attention she received. Her mother and grandmother supported her, even though they felt uneasy about the teachings. 7. **Change in Treatment Post-Baptism (**45:37**)** T describes a "bait and switch" experience, where the kindness and attention she received before baptism drastically shifted to control and demands for conformity after her baptism. 8. **Realization and Conclusion (**47:26**)** Reflecting on her experience, T feels that the organization’s methods were manipulative and designed to separate her from her family. She plans to continue sharing her story to stay true to herself, despite the emotional and relational challenges.
You said it!!!❤ THIS is so exciting!!!❤ Congratulations to everyone leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses and any high controlled groups out thrre!!! BE FREE!!!
This organization literally ruined my childhood and my mentality,, and sadly.. I'm starting to realize it now at 20 years old. I remember being so utterly depressed as a child, I went to school and I was treated by "worldly" people so much better than witnesses. In fact, I would get bullied, picked on, and pushed away by elders, kids, and adults in this organization. I'd get nasty looks and I didn't even know why.. It was at EVERY congregation. They'd be nice for a bit, but then they change on you and treat you badly if you literally miss a few meetings or if you don't go out in service. It's scary going out in service as a kid, I got threatened, doors slammed on me and told cruel things which really still affects me. When I was a child, my mom was very sick, she was in the hospital and also in mental hospitals as well and almost died and few times. The elders turned a blind eye, the congregation turned a blind eye. Why? Because they thought my mom was on drugs and my dad was an abuser. They treat my brother who is autistic very badly, as if he couldn't understand them when he is one of the smartest and nicest guys I know. Thankfully however I did meet a few nice Witnesses. But most of them were horrible. What REALLY woke me up was when I began to pray and ask to be fixed because I was bisexual but I prefer women because of how badly I was treated by men in the organization and out of the organization. I was so scared, because I'm always taught that if I go against Jehovah, I will not make it to the new system and I'll lose everything and everyone. The constant panic attacks and fear I always felt when we had talks about this exact thing is too much to handle. I almost put myself into the mental hospital because I felt like I was on the verge of a breakdown and I just wanted to die so I couldn't experience the pain anymore.. No one should ever have to go through this, ESPECIALLY kids.. Thankfully I'm fortunate as my parents said if I do leave the organization, they won't kick me out and they still reassure me that I am their daughter and that they love me. So, I left last week. It still feels so weird though. I just wish they could leave too, it's very sad because sometimes my parents look so depressed, especially when they can't make it to the meetings or go out in service. I love them so much, I just wish they could wake up as well. Thank you for sharing your story. ❤
I truly appreciated your authenticity it’s been a couple of years since I’ve been out and while I’m still pulling back layers there is a part of me that has disconnected from the experiences so when I hear others share it reminds me of my own and how similar the experiences are
Yeah, I've been gone since 2016 but creating these videos definitely took back...crazy how you can have JWs all over the world but have very similar experiences
I really loved your story I was right there with you! Especially when you mentioned the shoes and the skirt-I had the same experience: an “older” sister came with tape measure to measure if my dress was covering my knees enough, I was indignant and told her to leave my home. But my husband told her to stay and explain “submission”. And I recall also my own mother crying and worrying about what I had gotten into. Three years in, I was ds’fd and shunned because my own husband reported me to Elders for refusing to go along with the No Blood Doctrine when it came to my child. So I picture everything you are talking about. You’re doing an excellent job telling this experience and I’m looking forward to Part Two. Thank you!
Yesssss I completely forgot about that teaching if you’re not at the meetings you don’t have Jehovahs Holy Spirit yes ! Smh that “active force” that doesn’t dwell within them . The Holy spirit is living in the believers ! Hallelujah!
Good ones! We had Sister Bossy, Sister Giggles, Brother Stern, Sister Meek, Brother and Sister Judgmental, Sister Miserable, and Brother Rich...I could go on and on. That was fun 😃
@@eyeswideopen8570 in JWs I never thought we’d be naming brothers and sisters the way we did when we were kids in CATHOLIC SCHOOL, but we sure did! We had, in Catholic grammar school, Sister Mary Discipline, Father Fartalot, (sorry but it’s the truth), Sister Floatzonair, Brother Blessesstuff, and Sister Woe-be-to-you! But even though we became adults and put aside childish things, we couldn’t help naming those varied looks and personalities of JWs! Elder Turky was our favorite. Honestly, because he laughed at us in our innocence as newbies and called us “turkies”. So we all became turkies. He was precious because he laughed and enjoyed our little family. But he was eventually ds’fd for alcoholism. His wife had a “nervous breakdown”, she was sweet and lovely and I don’t know why all of these things had to happen. But anyway, yes, naming them was pretty cool, it kept us secretly laughing when Armageddon was coming in 1975.
Thank you for sharing your story! I too was raised in the Baptist church and was introduced to jws in a similar way. The love bombing and manipulation hooked me. I got baptized in 2013 @ 21. I’m 32 now and just starting my exit from the org. I’m quietly fading out but I may write a letter of dissociation. Still deciding because of my husband and him wanting to maintain a relationship with his family. It’s sad…it shouldn’t even be this way 🤦♀️
Welcome to your freedom ! I too was converted when I was around 20-21 I had been to churches time to time but never raised in the church had no biblical knowledge and I too did not enjoy the JW music in the beginning … Nonetheless I thank God for Jesus who rescued us out of that cult !
You missed the meeting meaning you don't have the holy spirit... They are wrong! That sounds like a cult! According to the scriptures, you get baptized in The Father, Son and Holy Spirit to receive the Holy Spirit! Matthew 28:19
This comment is not coming from my personal experience (I have never been JW) but my husband grew up in a JW family (he was never committed or baptized. He was disfellowshipped and grateful that he was 😊). Listening to you had me recognizing the red flags 🚩. 1. The guy that introduced you to the JWs and kept saying “we shouldn’t be dating” was already showing his hypocritical face. He was right. He shouldn’t haven’t been dating you because you were “worldly”. 🚩 2. He wanted you to come to the hall but he flat out refused to go to church with you. 🚩 3. He asked what you wanted to do for your birthday when he’s forbidden to celebrate birthdays. 🚩 4. The couple was 💯 love bombing and gaslighting you. 🚩 5. The ladies who declined to study with you were judging you because they run each other over trying to get those studies to prove themselves. 🚩 Finally, once they felt that you were “in”, the guilt and shame proceeded. I’m sorry you went through this but praise God you made it out. Can’t wait to hear more. Blessings!
If you aren't baptized I don't believe you can be disfellowshipped - but they will mark a person as bad association. Disfellowshipping is a formal process for "members only" ...
Did a bible study once, when I didn't agree with everything they dumped me and told me by not attending the meetings twice a week I was rejecting Jehovah and they could not continue with the bible study.
I know when I study they kept asking me when I was going to come in as witness . That is when they was counting time and they study with me for a year . Yes I didn’t like they dress code 😢
Another scripture on the receiving the holy spirit. Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
🙂 I'm glad you got out 😍 To anyone who's readig this. If you're confused and don't know the truth. just go back to Jesus. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through him. 🙏💛 Great journey ahead🎉❤
Me I went to the hall and my church study with them and I still went to my church . Seen a lot that I didn’t like . From my family members that was a JW.
@SameOleTee2 well I too joined this cult when I was 23 and I got baptized in 2014. I was a ministerial servant and PIMO. I officially left the cult in March 2024 (10 years later). Sorry bout you father I know how hard this can be, I lost my father 3 years ago and this was the first stone that tip the Jw scale and I started to think. Then I discovered RUclips it was game over
@@SameOleTee2True! Me too, I was only in my twenties but my brother showed up at our door all squeaky clean JW after not having seen him in years. He was my big bro and I ignored ALL the red flags I felt because he had always been my hero growing up. Gotta listen to those red flags. Those were the worst years of my life, getting recruited in!!
Thanks for putting it out there. I must admit it was times I wonder if I wasn't decent looking if the energy would have been the same. Crazy how you picked that up.
@@SameOleTee2 Well you know. It’s not like I was a dog or anything. I was nice looking but you have more attributes ☺️just honestly speaking. I didn’t see any men there anyway. I had a salon and we’d do bible study there. They loved coming to my salon. And after watching ex-Jehovah witnesses I see why. They got field service cred! They were even getting their hair done😍😍😍. They were allowed to drink beer I was surprised to know
@@SameOleTee2 …. But yeah. I just know you knew they were jealous! Always something about Their man. This church I attend now with my husband, a woman went around saying I wanted her husband! I was like “how she fix her mouth to say that, knowing I HAVE a husband, what’s he, chopped liver?
@@nappyscribe1987oh really? BEER? Those sisters drank BEER? That’s so cute! Maybe they’re not all standing out there by their carts drinking Starbuck’s afterall! 😂
I am triggered. It's like there is a manual of how to be a jw. I am in South Africa, but we have all the characters you mentioned. I think sister righteous is in every congregation. Brother bigfella's wife sounds like bully n an elder's wife who is entitled.
But you know what the doctrine most religions teach that Jesus Christ is God to me makes no sense it . Jehovahs witness prove that the almighty is Jehovah god found in psalms 83:18. This to me is ABC Using the king james version ❤
Pointless hating people - while I understand those strong feelings, the reality is, we are subject to our genes, our environment, our peers and the pressures upon us. All of these conspire to push us in a particular direction. This is a deterministic universe and we are puppets being played by nature. JWs are as much a victim of this world, as the next man or woman. It's very frustrating at times, but better not to hate imo
@dimicole963 yet you took time again to write another comment about my content that you can't watch because I "smack my lips" 🤦🏽♀️. You must like something because you're 3 comments in 🤷🏽♀️ (Jordan shrug). Have a great week 😁
In Matthew 10:34 through rest of chapter. Jesus didn't come to bring peace but a sword he's more important than friends and family. If you love them more than him, you are not worthy of him!
I love my family. As a JW, you turn your back on your family, disown them, shun them, throw teenagers out of the house, let children die rather than give them blood yet you’ll guzzle down the blood of meats, your suicide rates are higher than the National Average, you feel empty and depressed and are jealous of one another and hate charitable people in the world. Your god is “a god” as you say, and you are so narcissistic as to care only about getting your own skins to a paradise it will take you aeons to rebuild after your sword-swinging Governing Body and their god destroys it. Hypocrite! Pharisee! You who polishes the outside of the cup so that it glints and glimmers yet inside is full of filthy lies and jealousy. Go to your Armageddon which you will make happen yourselves. Follow your eleven men in New York. But as for me and my household, I will hold fast to the Lord, Jesus Christ. Now leave!
"Jesus didn't come to bring peace but a sword he's more important than friends and family" Maybe Jesus was wrong then - especially if that teaching applies to Christians arguing over interpretations of speculative texts? Do you think it is a "loving arrangement" to push a teenager out of the house for disagreeing with the Tower? Or to isolate a man or woman who clearly has mental health issues, because they fail to meet Tower standards? I don't, but then my ethics aren't dictated by a council of men obsessed with a rigid delineation of old scrolls.
@ Excellent reply. Also, “Jesus came not to condemn the world but to save it.” That sounds like Peacemaking to me. JWs only listen to the NY GB. They have no clue or education of Scriptural speculation except what the men dictate. I hope they will find Peace and stop rooting for wars.
You are like me I started a bible study aged 24 due to coming out of a DV traumatic relationship and being a single mother and I stayed in for 30 years I have only been out for 2.5 years but living my best life. Glad you are free too enjoy.
Enjoyed your story. I've ended my association with the Witnesses four years ago after realizing that it was a high control cult.
Thank you, I'm so happy for you and hope you are living life on your own terms.
@@SameOleTee2Thank you for telling your story it has help me so much.
You story has inspired me to want to tell my story 😢 I'm soo happy that no one in your family followed you In. It's ok to Cry because this CULT is All about sadness, Misery, and Guilt and then you Die Nothing More or Less. Be blessed
I look forward to hearing your story too 💖
Your comment is why I knew I had to share my TRUTH. I look forward to hearing your experience when you are ready to share.
I never believed what they said to me. God told me no and I trust God holy spirit.❤
It really is. it's all about guilt tripping and sadness it's not where God's spirit is.
Thank you for your vulnerability in telling your story. There are lots of born-ins that tell their story, but is so refreshing to hear the perspective of those that convert to the religion.
Looking forward to part 2!
Thanks so much! That's one of reasons I said I needed to share my story.
Yes I agree! I wasn’t born in and only lasted three years in baptized, plus the before baptism study/getting recruited time. But it was enough to where it blew the whole family apart. Born in is one thing, but being recruited in is quite another, like a long or short term “War” you’re fighting and coming back to an absent family. It was like an accelerated life-that three years was so deadly and serious. Then to be turned in to Elders by a JW husband for not agreeing with the Blood Doctrine, having to choose life over death, being dsfd and shunned, losing all you had and loved, ending up fighting for your life in hospital abandoned...yes, we need to hear much more from those not born in but recruited in. Thank you for this. 😢
I love hearing these real life JW experiences. Thanks for sharing yours🙏🏽. You got sucked into a high-control religion and then they wrapped you in the F.O.G; FEAR, OBLIGATION and GUILT. And once you’re baptized by them it really starts: the nitpicking, behavior control, the constant scrutiny, the demands for JW culture conformity & judgement.
No different from any other religion there are some very sincere, god-fearing, well meaning people, BUT the cultish culture and control fostered by the leadership on down is insane ! Add to that the arrogance, hypocrisy & gaslighting from the leaders.
Perfectly said! Spot on.
What a story! Your delivery style is so apt to the nature of this tragedy - slow and deliberate. That is just how the induction and indoctrinate proceeds. It really causes the emotions to surface. Those years when they emotionally kidnapped you (mid 20s - early 40s) are one's prime adult years. Squander them, and one is left hallow like a doughnut's core. Anyway, glad you woke up. looking forward to part 2. Former teacher here who also escaped.
Thank you and I agree with every word you said.
Me too.
Exactly. How to cook a frog theory.
@SameOleTee2 do you have an email address?
There’s nothing worse than a lukewarm Witness (your ex). Doing dirt on the outside but still believes in the doctrines. Good story!
@@UnassignedTerritory thank you 💜
Yep! POMIs (Physically Out, Mentally In) are the worst because they are in no man's land when it comes to their convictions. Brainwashing is a terrible thing.
Man! There’s so many of them too.
Remember, we inherited the Sinful nature of Adam & Eve. On average most JWs have a past, like another Religion or are in search, if they were not born into the JW Religion, so previous to that of becoming a JW you are straddling the fence, thinking seriously but yet not committing wholeheartedly to become a JW, as the Religion is very much a Cult.
I was Married to One and never became One. Met her through my Sister at my Mom's, house on Thanksgiving Day, Dinner Party in 1984 and One Year later we were Married. Dedicated to the Marriage but not JWs teaching and indoctrination; as I eventually became divorced with One child 10 years later and now neither One, are speaking to me; daughter is married to a JW, planning no child birth, so, I won't be Grandfather. Another thing JWs interfered with my Marriage and Bedroom. I fell Hook Line Sinker for her, but she was more dedicated to them, than me.
@IvanCastillo-gb9vp Thanks so much for sharing your story, definitely sad that so many will stick by the JW teachings instead of family 💜
Thanks for telling your story! I’m still watching but wanted to point out why we let them get away with saying certain things to us. It’s because they put God into it! So, soon they put that “you are dust” crap on us, and “undeserved kindness” kind of talk…and “don’t listen to your heart” kind of thing!
Thanks, I totally agree!
As someone who grew up as a JW I knew since childhood NOT to get baptized b/c it could mean losing my family. I stayed an unbaptized publisher until I was no longer forced to go. Can’t wait to watch Part 2
You were very smart not to get baptized.
😅 Some people are smarter than others. 😏 One of my JW associates growing up never got baptized. Serena only recently got baptized over 40 yoa after birthing one child , marrying and a becoming a GOAT of the professional tennis.
Sooo happy you woke up and saw the hypocrisy and unloving “friends” in the org. Definitely looking forward to part two!!!
Thanks, man you hit it right on the nose.
1. **Initial Introduction and Relationship (**00:02** - **01:36**)**
The narrator, T, shares her story of dating a Jehovah's Witness (JW) at age 26. He was born and raised as a JW but was not baptized. Despite his stance on their relationship being inappropriate, they continued dating, and he shared JW beliefs, particularly about paradise and resurrection.
2. **First Kingdom Hall Visit (**02:31** - **04:26**)**
On her 27th birthday, T decided to attend a JW Kingdom Hall meeting to understand her boyfriend's beliefs. She was intrigued by the punctuality and structured nature of the service, especially compared to her Baptist upbringing.
3. **Bible Study Initiation (**08:49** - **12:19**)**
A JW member offered her a free Bible study, which she accepted. They started with lessons that resonated with her, such as why people die. She found the couple leading the study friendly and welcoming, which initially made her feel positive about the experience.
4. **Doubts and Tensions Arise (**13:48** - **15:20**)**
During a Bible study session, another JW member joined, leading to a tense and uncomfortable interaction. T felt judged and criticized, which made her reconsider continuing with the studies. She noticed the group's controlling behavior.
5. **Feeling Manipulated (**16:45** - **17:59**)**
T started noticing manipulative behavior, like being pressured to provide explanations for her absence from meetings. She felt the group was trying to guilt her into compliance, which made her question their intentions.
6. **Deciding to Get Baptized (**38:37** - **40:23**)**
Despite her reservations, T decided to get baptized as a JW at age 30, encouraged by the acceptance and attention she received. Her mother and grandmother supported her, even though they felt uneasy about the teachings.
7. **Change in Treatment Post-Baptism (**45:37**)**
T describes a "bait and switch" experience, where the kindness and attention she received before baptism drastically shifted to control and demands for conformity after her baptism.
8. **Realization and Conclusion (**47:26**)**
Reflecting on her experience, T feels that the organization’s methods were manipulative and designed to separate her from her family. She plans to continue sharing her story to stay true to herself, despite the emotional and relational challenges.
@@MichaelSmith-lm5sl wow, thanks so much 💜
God bless you for exiting that cult!
You said it!!!❤ THIS is so exciting!!!❤ Congratulations to everyone leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses and any high controlled groups out thrre!!! BE FREE!!!
This organization literally ruined my childhood and my mentality,, and sadly.. I'm starting to realize it now at 20 years old. I remember being so utterly depressed as a child, I went to school and I was treated by "worldly" people so much better than witnesses. In fact, I would get bullied, picked on, and pushed away by elders, kids, and adults in this organization. I'd get nasty looks and I didn't even know why.. It was at EVERY congregation. They'd be nice for a bit, but then they change on you and treat you badly if you literally miss a few meetings or if you don't go out in service. It's scary going out in service as a kid, I got threatened, doors slammed on me and told cruel things which really still affects me.
When I was a child, my mom was very sick, she was in the hospital and also in mental hospitals as well and almost died and few times. The elders turned a blind eye, the congregation turned a blind eye. Why? Because they thought my mom was on drugs and my dad was an abuser. They treat my brother who is autistic very badly, as if he couldn't understand them when he is one of the smartest and nicest guys I know. Thankfully however I did meet a few nice Witnesses. But most of them were horrible.
What REALLY woke me up was when I began to pray and ask to be fixed because I was bisexual but I prefer women because of how badly I was treated by men in the organization and out of the organization. I was so scared, because I'm always taught that if I go against Jehovah, I will not make it to the new system and I'll lose everything and everyone. The constant panic attacks and fear I always felt when we had talks about this exact thing is too much to handle. I almost put myself into the mental hospital because I felt like I was on the verge of a breakdown and I just wanted to die so I couldn't experience the pain anymore.. No one should ever have to go through this, ESPECIALLY kids..
Thankfully I'm fortunate as my parents said if I do leave the organization, they won't kick me out and they still reassure me that I am their daughter and that they love me. So, I left last week. It still feels so weird though. I just wish they could leave too, it's very sad because sometimes my parents look so depressed, especially when they can't make it to the meetings or go out in service. I love them so much, I just wish they could wake up as well. Thank you for sharing your story. ❤
@@lavishty_ I'm so sorry you experienced this growing up. I hope that things get better along your journey of healing outside of this organization 💜
Absolutely Stunning Video!!! An ABSOLUTE MUST WATCH!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I truly appreciated your authenticity it’s been a couple of years since I’ve been out and while I’m still pulling back layers there is a part of me that has disconnected from the experiences so when I hear others share it reminds me of my own and how similar the experiences are
Yeah, I've been gone since 2016 but creating these videos definitely took back...crazy how you can have JWs all over the world but have very similar experiences
Excellent story, can't wait for part 2!
@@nikkigibson5088 thank you 💜
I really loved your story I was right there with you! Especially when you mentioned the shoes and the skirt-I had the same experience: an “older” sister came with tape measure to measure if my dress was covering my knees enough, I was indignant and told her to leave my home. But my husband told her to stay and explain “submission”. And I recall also my own mother crying and worrying about what I had gotten into. Three years in, I was ds’fd and shunned because my own husband reported me to Elders for refusing to go along with the No Blood Doctrine when it came to my child. So I picture everything you are talking about. You’re doing an excellent job telling this experience and I’m looking forward to Part Two. Thank you!
Oh wow! So sorry you had to go through this...stay strong !
Yesssss I completely forgot about that teaching if you’re not at the meetings you don’t have Jehovahs Holy Spirit yes ! Smh that “active force” that doesn’t dwell within them . The Holy spirit is living in the believers ! Hallelujah!
Thanks so much for watching.
Subscribed, looking forward to part 2. People need to hear your story so they won't get caught in the claws like you did.
Thank you so much.
Congratulations on your exit! Glad you're here! I can relate to your story, thank you for sharing!
@@itsjustme6315 thanks so much for watching 💜
I will always support my daughter and I believe she loves the family stay strong
Love the names you've given them.... lol... thank you for sharing your story.
Thanks LOL.
Sister Holier Than Thou, Elder High Horse, Brother Self-Righteous, Sister NiT-Picker, Brother Why-Didn’t-You-Shave, Elder Weirdly, Sister Elderette, Sister Sanctimonious, Brother Booze Breath, Brother AAA(available after Armageddon), Sister Single With Too Many Kidz, another Brother Weirdly, Brother Excessively Happy, Sister Always Talkin’ Bout Jehovah and don’t forget Brother PerVo 😳😳😳
Shout OuTs to : 💥💥💥
Sister Holier Than Thou, Elder High Horse, Brother Self-Righteous, Sister NiT-Picker, Brother Why-Didn’t-You-Shave, Elder Weirdly, Sister Elderette, Sister Sanctimonious, Brother Booze Breath, Brother AAA(available after Armageddon), Sister Single With Too Many Kidz, another Brother Weirdly, Brother Excessively Happy, Sister Always Talkin’ Bout Jehovah and don’t forget BroThe’ PERVO 😳😳😳
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Oh I love the names! We had a Sister Frowns and a Brother Boozer, a Brother Gluttonous and a Sister Snoozer!!! 😂😂
Good ones! We had Sister Bossy, Sister Giggles, Brother Stern, Sister Meek, Brother and Sister Judgmental, Sister Miserable, and Brother Rich...I could go on and on. That was fun 😃
@@eyeswideopen8570 in JWs I never thought we’d be naming brothers and sisters the way we did when we were kids in CATHOLIC SCHOOL, but we sure did! We had, in Catholic grammar school, Sister Mary Discipline, Father Fartalot, (sorry but it’s the truth), Sister Floatzonair, Brother Blessesstuff, and Sister Woe-be-to-you! But even though we became adults and put aside childish things, we couldn’t help naming those varied looks and personalities of JWs! Elder Turky was our favorite. Honestly, because he laughed at us in our innocence as newbies and called us “turkies”. So we all became turkies. He was precious because he laughed and enjoyed our little family. But he was eventually ds’fd for alcoholism. His wife had a “nervous breakdown”, she was sweet and lovely and I don’t know why all of these things had to happen. But anyway, yes, naming them was pretty cool, it kept us secretly laughing when Armageddon was coming in 1975.
So glad you’re free! I was waiting for my shoutout, cuz I told you not to do it 😂😂😂
LOLLLLLLLLLLL IKR! So many signs but didn't listen smh.
Patiently waiting for part two
Thank you coming soon!
@@SameOleTee2👏
Thank you Goddess for sharing your story....May the wings of healing be upon you....Peace....
Thank you so much for watching 💜
@SameOleTee2 you welcome
Thank you for sharing your story! I too was raised in the Baptist church and was introduced to jws in a similar way. The love bombing and manipulation hooked me. I got baptized in 2013 @ 21. I’m 32 now and just starting my exit from the org. I’m quietly fading out but I may write a letter of dissociation. Still deciding because of my husband and him wanting to maintain a relationship with his family. It’s sad…it shouldn’t even be this way 🤦♀️
I'm glad you are seeking your freedom. I agree people shouldn't lose their family and friends because they no longer want to be a JWs.
Thank you for sharing your story it help many like people who are currently studying.
Thank you for watching.
Great story. Glad you could make it out.
Thank you for watching. I'm glad I made it out too!
Welcome to your freedom ! I too was converted when I was around 20-21 I had been to churches time to time but never raised in the church had no biblical knowledge and I too did not enjoy the JW music in the beginning … Nonetheless I thank God for Jesus who rescued us out of that cult !
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You missed the meeting meaning you don't have the holy spirit... They are wrong! That sounds like a cult! According to the scriptures, you get baptized in The Father, Son and Holy Spirit to receive the Holy Spirit! Matthew 28:19
JWs are baptisted in the organization which is publicly announced during the baptism. . I am a witness of a JW baptism.
Thank you for telling your truth!
I also experienced similar situations!
Thank you for watching.
Thank you for that brilliant video. So glad you woke up and can now live your life as you deserve . Well done. 😂
Thank you for watching
Enjoyed your story. Your hair is dope!
Awwww, thank you. I'm planning a video about my Sisterlock journey...wait until you see how it started LOL
@@SameOleTee2 My wife started hers about 6 months ago. Thats how I know what they are LOL
This comment is not coming from my personal experience (I have never been JW) but my husband grew up in a JW family (he was never committed or baptized. He was disfellowshipped and grateful that he was 😊). Listening to you had me recognizing the red flags 🚩.
1. The guy that introduced you to the JWs and kept saying “we shouldn’t be dating” was already showing his hypocritical face. He was right. He shouldn’t haven’t been dating you because you were “worldly”. 🚩
2. He wanted you to come to the hall but he flat out refused to go to church with you. 🚩
3. He asked what you wanted to do for your birthday when he’s forbidden to celebrate birthdays. 🚩
4. The couple was 💯 love bombing and gaslighting you. 🚩
5. The ladies who declined to study with you were judging you because they run each other over trying to get those studies to prove themselves. 🚩
Finally, once they felt that you were “in”, the guilt and shame proceeded.
I’m sorry you went through this but praise God you made it out. Can’t wait to hear more. Blessings!
Ladytinag, you hit it on the nose!!!!! A blind man could see it, right!!!!! Thanks for watching.
If you aren't baptized I don't believe you can be disfellowshipped - but they will mark a person as bad association. Disfellowshipping is a formal process for "members only" ...
watching in the uk....35 wasted years...woke up after the Aus royal commission.....thank you Jeffery fat jackson...thank you
@@nineteen8486 thanks so much for watching, glad to hear you woke up 💜
Great video… Welcome to REAL FREEDOM 💯💯❤️❤️🔥🔥
@@lovermanski2 thank you 😊
Ok I need that part two Ms Tee
Currently uploading right now! Should be ready by morning 😊
Did a bible study once, when I didn't agree with everything they dumped me and told me by not attending the meetings twice a week I was rejecting Jehovah and they could not continue with the bible study.
@@yohnjay yeah, that sounds very familiar
Great story, thank you!
Thanks so much for watching
I know when I study they kept asking me when I was going to come in as witness . That is when they was counting time and they study with me for a year . Yes I didn’t like they dress code 😢
Another scripture on the receiving the holy spirit. Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
What congregation was that?? The StrongArm congregation?? They were truly determined to get you in by any means necessary! Good gracious.
LOL, IKR!
🙂 I'm glad you got out 😍
To anyone who's readig this. If you're confused and don't know the truth.
just go back to Jesus. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through him. 🙏💛
Great journey ahead🎉❤
@@krism5575 thank you for watching
Absolutely, Jesus is the Way, not an organization or religion!
Or maybe suspend belief in all of these speculative religions and work on remaining sane.
Hey! You watched my daughter Courtney Jackson's videos❤❤
OMG! Hey Norma, YES I DID! I speak about watching them in my part 3 video. How have you been?
That is one then that I did not like no one I mean no one will not tell me I could not talk to my family and I told them no not my family ❤
Me I went to the hall and my church study with them and I still went to my church . Seen a lot that I didn’t like . From my family members that was a JW.
Thanks for watching
Thank you!
No, thank you for taking the time to listen to my story.
I'm 20 minutes into the video and I'm here asking myself how the heck did you get into this cult after all this?
You and me both! I can only chalk it up to being young and not listening to what my spirit was trying to tell me.
@SameOleTee2 well I too joined this cult when I was 23 and I got baptized in 2014. I was a ministerial servant and PIMO. I officially left the cult in March 2024 (10 years later). Sorry bout you father I know how hard this can be, I lost my father 3 years ago and this was the first stone that tip the Jw scale and I started to think. Then I discovered RUclips it was game over
@@rmh490 Sending my condolences. In part 3 I will tell how RUclips was a game changer too.
@SameOleTee2 thank you. Can't wait for part 3
@@SameOleTee2True! Me too, I was only in my twenties but my brother showed up at our door all squeaky clean JW after not having seen him in years. He was my big bro and I ignored ALL the red flags I felt because he had always been my hero growing up. Gotta listen to those red flags. Those were the worst years of my life, getting recruited in!!
😂 Our Brother is doing more preaching to his girlfriend than the Witnesses do..
LOL
Brother Big fella😂
🤷🏽♀️ It's so accurate tho 🤣
Are you a Capricorn or Aquarius
Aquarius
Chile! They will try to monopolize your time!
Every single second!!!! If not physically then mentally.
I love how they always say the Bible study is free. Has anyone ever charged for one? 😂
LOLLLLLL IKR!
@@Ava2969ny great point
Yes good story cause he wasn’t supposed to be talking to you anyways so is call PIMO
Thank you for watching
They were jealous of you because you are light skinned and attractive. I went and all that N E V E R happened to me.
Thanks for putting it out there. I must admit it was times I wonder if I wasn't decent looking if the energy would have been the same. Crazy how you picked that up.
@@SameOleTee2 Well you know. It’s not like I was a dog or anything. I was nice looking but you have more attributes ☺️just honestly speaking. I didn’t see any men there anyway. I had a salon and we’d do bible study there. They loved coming to my salon. And after watching ex-Jehovah witnesses I see why. They got field service cred! They were even getting their hair done😍😍😍. They were allowed to drink beer I was surprised to know
@@SameOleTee2 …. But yeah. I just know you knew they were jealous! Always something about Their man.
This church I attend now with my husband, a woman went around saying I wanted her husband! I was like “how she fix her mouth to say that, knowing I HAVE a husband, what’s he, chopped liver?
@@nappyscribe1987oh really? BEER? Those sisters drank BEER? That’s so cute! Maybe they’re not all standing out there by their carts drinking Starbuck’s afterall! 😂
My question is why fid Jesus have to die? Why does god require blood sacrifice? Maybe the Hebrew god of the Bible is not the same as the creator God
I hope you find the answers to your questions. Thanks for watching.
I am triggered. It's like there is a manual of how to be a jw. I am in South Africa, but we have all the characters you mentioned. I think sister righteous is in every congregation. Brother bigfella's wife sounds like bully n an elder's wife who is entitled.
Heyyyyyy South Africa in the house! Yes, they all use the same playbook when it comes to controlling the members.
That expression is a pet peeve of mine "whoo- whoo- whoo" it just sounds so silly and really annoys me when i hear it. You must be from the Midwest.
Thanks for taking the time to let us know about your pet peeve 🤦🏽♀️
I’m a cancer like yo mama, I cry on commercials all the time lol.
Lol love my good hearted Cancers tho 💜
Sounds like you experienced jealousy from these so called "sisters"
@@MomMadness1 thanks so much for watching 💜. I'm not sure if it was jealousy, or just an attempt to get me to conform, or a combination 🤔.
But you know what the doctrine most religions teach that Jesus Christ is God to me makes no sense it . Jehovahs witness prove that the almighty is Jehovah god found in psalms 83:18. This to me is ABC Using the king james version ❤
@@shawnmcanthony5724 thanks so much for watching
@SameOleTee2 you welcome love you ♥️
I hate them.
I don't hate them. I just realized it wasn't for me. Still got real love for a few even if they don't rock with me anymore.
@@SameOleTee2 No, I raised in that cult and I'm over 60yrs old, and I absolutely hate them !!
Pointless hating people - while I understand those strong feelings, the reality is, we are subject to our genes, our environment, our peers and the pressures upon us. All of these conspire to push us in a particular direction. This is a deterministic universe and we are puppets being played by nature. JWs are as much a victim of this world, as the next man or woman. It's very frustrating at times, but better not to hate imo
There is no more time.... GET OUT OF RELIGIONS.
Revelation 18,4
I really wanted to listen but the smacking of your lips. Bruhhhhhhh
Yeah 1:40 in and I’m out
Everything ain't for everybody 🤷🏽♀️, thanks for commenting tho (keeps my content in the algorithm 😂)
@@dimicole963 ✌🏼
@@SameOleTee2 mcch. Watch how you be smacking ya lips
@dimicole963 yet you took time again to write another comment about my content that you can't watch because I "smack my lips" 🤦🏽♀️. You must like something because you're 3 comments in 🤷🏽♀️ (Jordan shrug). Have a great week 😁
In Matthew 10:34 through rest of chapter. Jesus didn't come to bring peace but a sword he's more important than friends and family. If you love them more than him, you are not worthy of him!
So what's your point? And don't think that scripture is talking about a book publishing company disguised as a religion in New York.
Yes, for Christ.
Not false god created by Watchtower.
I love my family. As a JW, you turn your back on your family, disown them, shun them, throw teenagers out of the house, let children die rather than give them blood yet you’ll guzzle down the blood of meats, your suicide rates are higher than the National Average, you feel empty and depressed and are jealous of one another and hate charitable people in the world. Your god is “a god” as you say, and you are so narcissistic as to care only about getting your own skins to a paradise it will take you aeons to rebuild after your sword-swinging Governing Body and their god destroys it. Hypocrite! Pharisee! You who polishes the outside of the cup so that it glints and glimmers yet inside is full of filthy lies and jealousy. Go to your Armageddon which you will make happen yourselves. Follow your eleven men in New York. But as for me and my household, I will hold fast to the Lord, Jesus Christ. Now leave!
"Jesus didn't come to bring peace but a sword he's more important than friends and family"
Maybe Jesus was wrong then - especially if that teaching applies to Christians arguing over interpretations of speculative texts?
Do you think it is a "loving arrangement" to push a teenager out of the house for disagreeing with the Tower?
Or to isolate a man or woman who clearly has mental health issues, because they fail to meet Tower standards?
I don't, but then my ethics aren't dictated by a council of men obsessed with a rigid delineation of old scrolls.
@ Excellent reply. Also, “Jesus came not to condemn the world but to save it.” That sounds like Peacemaking to me. JWs only listen to the NY GB. They have no clue or education of Scriptural speculation except what the men dictate. I hope they will find Peace and stop rooting for wars.