This is a short overview of the highlights and lowlights of my life after being raised a Jehovah’s Witness. After being abused and shunned at 16 I turned the abuse onto myself. For decades. Thanks for listening to my story 💔
Hi Elle. RU-vid algorithm introduced us. So glad you are sharing your story. Will be waiting to hear your next chapter. Dr Patrick Teahan, childhood trauma therapist, was asked by another clinical therapist during an interview, "What do you consider to be the definitive symptom of childhood trauma? Dr. Teahan answered, "I think for a lot of us it's about trying to get a difficult person to be good to us." So Elle according to the doctor, your childhood experiences set you up to years of getting a parent to love you by pleasing them and set you up to go through a series of all kinds of relationships that were dysfunctional, harmful, difficult, toxic trying to be good to them while convincing yourself you were never good enough as even a religious cult will convince us. As Dr Tehan went to further explain that patterns begin to develop that become familiar because of having a lack of sense of self. The missing ingredients are our own goodness and our own power that we always had, but never allowed to have the space to express since we as children were set up for failure in relationships in so many ways. Elle I didn't mean to ramble. I haven't heard the rest of your story, but it looks like you finally found your authentic voice as you have found more your own sense of self. Thank you again for sharing.
No way!! 🎉How cool that the algorithm connected us! Thank you for listening to my story 🤩 Yes to everything you said. It’s been quite the journey! I appreciate you!
Fellow recovering Alcoholic/addict here! I'll be 1 yr sober on Thursday October 10th. I follow you on FB as well. I plan on posting a video on my RU-vid channel on my anniversary date. Thank you for this video! I appreciate hearing others stories and the positive ways they find to recover, whether from the JW's, trauma, addiction, all of the above, etc. 🪷
Thanks for sharing Elle! You are so inspirational to me and I am so happy to see other women thriving outside of the JW organization. ❤❤❤ much love to you
I didn't want to repeat my childhood pattern, with my Dad leaving when I was 7 and my Mum becoming a JW, she managed to get an injunction on him so he couldn't visit us. But then, as a married JW, I just couldn't do it any more and when my daughter was just 5 we left the religion and her Dad and moved back to my country. So now I was repeating the childhood pattern. Then I went against the grain and listened to her wish to go back to Switzerland to live with her Dad. Although I wanted it to be her decision, it was the hardest thing I had done, to let her go. But unlike my father, I kept close emotional contact to her and we saw each other every few months all through her childhood, until now, she is 34 and we still get to see each other at least twice a year.... she is so grounded and loving and has had a great life, not as a JW, as he had left not long after I left him, 30 years ago now. All's well that ends well
Elle thank you so much for sharing your story! You have an incredible journey. I’m so proud of you and you are truly an inspiration i appreciate your vulnerability so much and you do it so seamlessly🩷✨
