Thanks again, brother, for this upload. Am looking forward to watching it very soon. Personally, I have always felt that for many the "truth" (NOT), is a social club. Fortunately I took no notice of the gb ordering everyone to not be friends with anyone "in the world", so once I officially resigned by letter in January, my social network continued to support me. Praises. You will notice Jah blesses you more, now that you have got out of babylon the great ✨
@@anitahepworth874 I'm not really an expert on 607/587 but I'll try to get an expert to come on the channel. That failing I'll do some research and put together a video 😀
I couldn't stay pimo. I lasted two months it made me so angry I just wanted to stand up grab the microphone and say everything about what I'd learnt.... so I left at the cost of my marriage
I'm so sorry it cost you your marriage. It goes to show that your partner was not the right partner for you, and JW's break up the family unit. Now you can breathe and not lie about your views as you would have to if you were still married. You will find the right partner who loves and respects you to the full no matter what lable you are. ❤️
It's difficult to stay in once you realise the whole thing is based on falsehoods. I respect you being able to leave immediately. Sorry to hear about your marriage
Good content, brother. I am so glad that my head is finally completely out of cult like religion that I no longer even use the term PIMO. But there are always triggering moments encountering the brainwashed community. The one thing that I am going to start apply from your list of reason to verbally turn the shame and let down on the other person. Sure, I would often think in my head "that's your problem, you're the one who's controlled or in the dark". But I should make them hear it more in a non confronting way. ..."sorry if you feel let down about my personal decision or if you don't understand the research and growth of my own spiritual and mental health". As for the shunning, good advice to prepare yourself to expect it and learn to deal with it. It took me a while to finally realize that I was overly concerned about my appearance of being non spiritual in front of the so called spiritual friends who always avoided me or pretended not to see me in the neighborhood. Also, I had to learn to stop expecting a hand shake or a hug from people. So, embarrassing to great someone with a big smile or wave only to have them mumble "hello", then look the other way and keep walking. Now I will only say hello if I have to pass by them in my pathway, and I don't stop with the expectation of a conversation. They don't like that you seem content w/o the teachings, and that you have taken the lead on the soft shun with courtesy. Of course, I know that this can still be a challenge with family members. About the privileges, good advice that a person could move on to something in public speaking and teaching. But the sad truth is in the JW leadership community, they have been successful in recruiting poor and less educated men and making them feel valued and respected in their role in the congregation. After waking up, that individual will need a lot of confidence and some finance to make such a move in a different world where things are not already set up for them. Or they would just have to plan to do something totally different.
Thanks for your useful tips. When it comes to shunning, it's a bit more complicated. Shunning affects those who are still indoctrinated and are forced to shun family by the Witchtower and the Governing Buffoons. A PIMO may be worried about the effects of Shunning on dear family members who are still entrapped. A person may have introduced their children to the cult and may feel guilty about the effect it will have on their children if the children are forced to view the PIMO as mentally diseased and has to be shunned
Thanks for your comment. I think your point links in to my first point about shame. If someone decides to stay PIMO for life that's fine. But if one wants to move from PIMO to POMO they have to accept the shame that will come with this whether it's from parents, children, mentors etc. Re: the effect on children and other significant people left in the organisation - remember they are choosing to shun the person who leaves not the other way round. But at the end of the day as I said in the video if you decide to stay PIMO which some people are able to leave with the only reason you're not being shunned is because you're pretending to be something you're not. I agree it's a difficult choice and there really is no wrong or right answer. I guess at the end of the day it depends on how badly you want to be true to your authentic self.
@@AnthonyMorrisReturns thanks. It's tough to stay PIMO. I'm PIMO, and don't really care what the majority of the dimwits who remain think of me; no shame there. I however think that close family who remain, and will have to shun me are also victims of the Governing Buffoons. It's a tricky situation and difficult to explain. Thanks for the hard work and help you give to others.
@@davidboamah6679 thank you for your kind words. I can definitely empathise with your situation as I was PIMO for nearly 2 years - although I won't claim to understand your exact feelings. I don't know if you're having, have had or are able to access therapy. It might be helpful in processing your feelings and coming to some kind of resolution. Now that you're PIMO it's unlikely you'll ever be PIMI again. So you have to consider whether you're willing to stay feeling trapped for the rest of your life. Final point, you never know who's going to shun you and who's not going to shun you until you actually leave - so there's always the possibility your family might not shun you. Have you considered fading?
@@AnthonyMorrisReturns thanks for the useful tips. I was born into the organisation. I always knew it was a load of Bovine Manure from the start. Basically I have been a PIMO all my life. Never progressed beyond publisher and baptism ( as a child). Led a double life. I have not put in report for years now. Have attended very few meetings since the pandemic. If I officially dissociate, my son will be forced to shun me by the Buffoons. I don't think this'll augur well for his mental wellbeing
@@davidboamah6679 You seem to be in a good position as you appear to have faded successfully. You don't need to officially disassociate. You can just stop turning up at the meetings if you choose to 😀 No need to rock the boat if there's no actual necessity 😀 Out of interest, how come your son became PIMI if you were always PIMO?
All round good advice Chaka, but I was taken aback when said: "If you're under 18, you probably shouldn't be watching this video without your parents' permission." I imagine you say this because you come from a very traditional culture in which children must always obey their elders - even if said elders hold manifestly delusional beliefs. Speaking from a western perspective - and brainwashed JW kids aside - young people under the age of eighteen will have (and imo should have) freedom to obtain information and consume content they wish (excluding pornography, which is illegal) and most certainly content which is critical of any religious system in which they have been raised. Of course people under the age of eighteen will struggle to support themselves financially and in other ways and may be best advised to bide their time, but that is a specific and separate issue to the freedom to access information and content. If children are old enough to think about complex issues, then they should be free to explore them free of a dictatorial parental veto.
@Ballykeith I appreciate where you are coming from with your points and thank you for watching my video. However, my point was not made because of my background or culture as you assume. While I appreciate your point, please bear in mind that my name and face are public and my videos are labelled not for kids as I do not want to be liable for minor children running away from home based on my advice. While I will not police my channel, I also will not encourage children who are under their parental care to watch them without their parental consent. Even in my professional work setting we are not allowed to offer any psychological therapy to minors without their parental consent unless there are sound clinical reasons for doing so. Even if we disagree with the Jehovah's Witnesses religion we still need to respect parents and their parental authority as we would expect the same if the shoe were on the other foot. Also, I say this with the greatest respect, but I would prefer if you didn't make any comments about my background and culture as you have no personal knowledge of either. In future such comments may be removed.
