Shattered Bonds How Jehovah's Witnesses Destroyed My Family - A Personal Account of Loss and Healing

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In this video, Nash relates his story about what it was like growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and losing a brother to a tragic accident and the near fatal accident of his father. He talks about his decision to dedicate his life in baptism to the Watchtower organization as a result of these tragic events. His world really began crumbling down after losing another brother but this time to suicide.
Suicide is the most difficult loss to understand and leaves everyone in disbelief, confusion and indescribable turmoil. Nash can only describe it from his perspective because it is different from everyone else. He experiences a range of emotions and have cycled through bouts of anger, sadness, depressions & anxiety.
Time heals all wounds and with the proper support system and therapy, Nash has been working through the difficult times.
CDC Suicide Facts - CDC
Resources
www.cdc.gov/suicide/facts/ind...
Link with an entire page of resources
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Psychology Today - The Silence of Shunning
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www.wyso.org/arts-culture/201...
There are many religious groups around the United States that practice shunning; they turn away from congregates who leave the group even those from their immediate families. Experts call shunning a form of psychological bullying.
www.huffpost.com/entry/a-reas...
Article about shunning - A reason (and season) to stop shunning
Isolation and Suicide
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What to watch for
Warning signs someone may be at risk of committing suicide, according to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
• Talking about wanting to die or to kill themselves
• Looking for a way to kill themselves, like searching online or buying a gun
• Talking about feeling hopeless or having no reason to live
• Talking about feeling trapped or in unbearable pain
• Talking about being a burden to others
• Increasing the use of alcohol or drugs
• Acting anxious or agitated; behaving recklessly
• Sleeping too little or too much
• Withdrawing or isolating themselves
• Showing rage or talking about seeking revenge
• Extreme mood swings
Warning signs to watch for in children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention:
• Excessive crying or irritation in younger children
• Returning to behaviors they have outgrown (for example, toileting accidents or bedwetting)
• Excessive worry or sadness
• Unhealthy eating or sleeping habits
• Irritability and “acting out” behaviors in teens
• Poor school performance or avoiding school
• Difficulty with attention and concentration
• Avoidance of activities enjoyed in the past
• Unexplained headaches or body pain
• Use of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs
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@bgramirez966 3 года назад

What tragedy, really sorry 😢 WT has so much blood on their hands

@RobertOrwellSandman 3 года назад

Hi handsome.

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

And they will pay for everything that they have done. No one or entity is ABOVE THE LAW. THE MORE WE AS A PEOPLE GET LAWS CHANGED THE MORE THINGS WILL CHANGE.

@AngieR82 2 года назад

@Just Whatever He clearly implied this experience was the catalyst that broke the camel's back ignoramus!!! Don't judge if you haven't walked in his shoe. I myself was traumatized by religion. Why are you defending this organization when there are innumerable videos on YT showing otherwise??? You're truly ignorant. Yes, I'm judging you by your YT name and your comment. It's all about you - nottt!!!

@johnjones6112 3 года назад

I was baptised as a child, married a pioneer just as I was told to do, endured 40 years of domestic abuse from my pioneer wife. I was a very good JW, I endured because I loved Jehovah and 'I would never grow old' and if I endured just a bit longer Jehovah would intervene and justice would be done etc etc. I begged elders for help, wrote to the branch, presented evidence and witnesses etc in abundance....they blamed me. No help, no assistance, no word of comfort, just blame and accusations. My children destroyed, my wife finally arrested by police and removed from the house, convicted in court of assault and battery, possibly even saving my life. May the vile governing body suffer as much as I have.

@wjsjallday9202 3 года назад

Narrcissism goes both ways in the Borg. and never checked because being mean isn't a disfellowshipping offense

@pepegomez6192 3 года назад

Idk man. You being a man I would imagine you are stronger no? Why would you let anybody hit you and not defend yourself? It doesnt matter if it is your wife or husband or mom or dad. You have to defend yourself. This can happen to anybody not just in the JW people so make sure you learn to defend yourself anywhere you are.

@johnjones6112 3 года назад

@@pepegomez6192 Ah yes, the usual stone age views of domestic abuse, running counter to all data, studies, research, education, government programmes etc. A great way to keep this crime hidden, and flourishing. With stone age views like that you would probably qualify to be an elder.

@misskitty976 3 года назад

@@pepegomez6192 Hi Pepe in Georgia US where I live if you even bruise the other person while defending yourself you can risk arrest for assault. I know of 2 cases where the victims called the police for help and were the ones actually arrested. Abusers are often wily narcissists. The wife may have been setting him up.

@pepegomez6192 3 года назад

@@johnjones6112 what would you do?

@postculthygge 3 года назад

Suicide rates are high amongst Jehovah's Witnesses. I knew a few, including my best friend. I was very close to doing it myself on 3 occasions, including when I had my awakening. But I've pulled through thanks to the exJW whistleblower channels such as this one, and also testimonials of brave people like you. Thank you.

@cinderella4499 3 года назад

I’ve known about a lot of suicides and attempted suicides of JWs. I grew up in it. Later I attempted suicide too. Since I stopped going to meetings, my depression has gone away.

@cinderella4499 3 года назад

@Just Whatever I’ve been in many halls too.

@postculthygge 3 года назад

@@cinderella4499 same here. Sending you much love. 💞

@1981cvalentine 3 года назад

@Just Whatever I personally know 6 disfellowshipped individuals that commit suicide.

@cinderella4499 3 года назад

@Just Whatever I find comfort too, in the Bible and prayers - just not in the literature or the meetings. Especially not the videos!

@thecrisisfortruth 3 года назад

I lost my little sister, (also a baptized sister in the organisation) to suicide. The organisation was mostly the cause of it, the relentless pressure and judgmentalism and her pioneer husband leading a double (homosexual) life was too much for her. I wish now i could tell her what I know now and show her the way out. Sadly, there are many of us with similar stories. This CULT destroys peoples lives, destroys families, the leadership and the elders are truly blood guilty.

@delphinawhiles6235 Год назад

I am so sorry for your loss. It's been a yr now, so hopefully u have healed a little now. U never fully recover, there will always be triggers for u. Know that many on these channels care n cont to care for u n your sad tragic loss.

@rockpadstudios Год назад

heard many stories about the homosexual double life.

@delphinawhiles6235 Год назад

Hi, I know I'm replying a yr later to your comments. I'm sooo sorry for your loss of your dear sister to suicide. It's such a big problem in 2days society in all walks of life. But when I 1st heard that shunning was causing witnesses to commit suicide both my friend n I came to the conclusion that this is wrong. Sadly they know n they don't care. That n so many other things going on, that u already know, like child sexual abuse was n still is a big wake up call to many of us. Life goes on n a yr has passed, it's still not a long time n your grieving now might be just certain things about her, a memory, a smell etc that remind u of her. Whatever stage your at, just know its ok. Grief, tragedy, its personal. It's your journey. Your sis with everything going on in her life needed professional help. A trained, caring professional that would listen to her. Unfortunately as u know now, like us through trial n error; they can only show u scriptures from the bible n refer to the elders book. They r not qualified in the complexity of mental health. N sadly many times r not loving sheperds but the opposite. I have wondered over the yrs why n discussed with my friend. Only conclusion we came to is a power thing. Position power, authority, training at elder school/ lack of training it goes to their head. Maybe at home the wife is the head of the house. At their job they r noone but in the cong, in the back room they r the authoritarian. In one session they can destroy a person's life, tear a family apart n not care. But the problem goes to the top of who gives them this power. I know my msg is long, but just know there's many people out there, like myself who do care about u n wish we could same to your little sister. Xxx

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

Activist against this CULT are doing 👏 the REAL LIFE SAVING WORK.

@theresefournier3269 3 года назад

Isn't that the TRUTH?! YAHsome! Shalom Sister!

@nicosyiallouris1103 3 года назад

This organisation is EVIL

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

@@nicosyiallouris1103 This CULT will definitely have their day of destruction

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

@Just Whatever Keeping young people from higher education is all about mind control and free dam labor. Idiot. Didn't Daniel and his companions get a higher education? Back in biblical times??? What is wrong with YOU!!!! STOP ALLOWING THIS CULT AND GB MEMBERS WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU PERSONALLY run your life. See, that's what happens when 🤔 you don't get a higher EDUCATION. YOU DON'T DEVELOP YOUR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS 🤔. If you like where you are then stay...continue being one of the 8 million slaves for the GB. Some people like yourself don't mind it. But I can sure tell you one thing God don't need your money or your field service time. Religion is ran like a BUSINESS. EXCEPT THE GB WILL NEVER HAVE TO PAY A SLAVE. BECAUSE YOU ARE GOOD FOR NOTHING AND WORTHLESS TO THE POINT THAT THEY WILL NOT EVEN HELP YOU WITH ONE RED CENT IF YOU NEEDED IT OR GET YOU OUT OF PRISON FOR STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU THINK IS JEHOVAH WHEN REALLY ITS THE ORGANIZATION. Keep subjecting yourself to 😨 FEAR, OBLIGATION AND GUILT which equals F.O.G. you will ALWAYS BE IN A FOG UNTIL YOU DECIDE TO RESEARCH AND LOOK AT THE FACTS FOR YOURSELF. Remember, if it's the so called Truth. Then it will hold up. New, light, Old light. This change that Change..but God never Changes. Remember THAT.

@zeemzero2880 3 года назад

@Just Whatever when Tony Morris lit that match was he following the command of "loving your enemies and praying for those who persecute you.."?

@omarseneriz5577 3 года назад

Sorry to hear this story. The world needs to know about these control religions and be educated about them. I am so happy your group is doing just so. Thank You for sharing.

@peggylegg6222 2 года назад

I can really relate to your testimony. The control is unbelievable in regard To education. Sounds slot like my life. I was forced to date a brother in the org that I did not want to date. They planed my life and demanded I live their plan.

@clarkgrayhame1250 3 года назад

PIMO here, it does help. Thanks for sharing your story.

@yurizhivago4591 3 года назад

JT and Lady Cee, you guys do a great job. Congrats Nash on being liberated from this claustrophobic belief system.

@Angie-ht2gi 3 года назад

“Elders are the jack of all trades, but the masters of none” absolutely brilliant ! Fantastic interview, I’ve been disfellowshipped twice, going on 7 years out now and could relate to this story🤍 currently trying to wake my PIMI twin sister

@foxiedogitchypaws7141 3 года назад

I hate watchtower. 60 years of control and manipulation. So sorry for their loss.

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

Please keep telling your story and bringing awareness. Things are changing and so are the laws. Please look up Steven Hassan.

@mariacardoso1477 3 года назад

@Just Whatever God did not write any Bible. Different men did. That's why so many cruel laws and events are written there. And to put a God as the author of the Bible is a way to validate those men's desire to control people.

@angelawambui1468 2 года назад

I hate hate hate that so called organisation. It wasted my life no college. I hate it. The GB and some elders should be in jail rotting.

@msr6363 3 года назад

This is sooo powerful!! Mental health is so important. Among veterans, minorities, those subjected to abuse regardless of race and absolutely those who are JW.... To leave that religion you are made to already feel doomed, ostracized... Etc... you need support, honest trained therapist, and sometimes medication. I am a nurse and I take care of many in the field who have addictions... we do not know their stories and we should never judge.... please..... seek help..don't secretly drink....such a shame the blame and mental health damage this organization has done. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@delphinawhiles6235 Год назад

Was a yr ago. But applicable advice for now just as much. Im not surprised your a nurse with such good timely 😮advise.

@roslynballard7090 Год назад

I am a former Jehovah witness did not experience such terrible things in the organization.but I was disfellowshipped for bad conduct. I tried to go back but it never worked out. So I went somewhere else for good Christian worship now I'm happier. Thank God in Jesus name. No blood issues ,no foolishness no mandatory field service. I minister the true gospel. Yes I believe in the new system coming but I have grace thru faith in Jesus Christ amen.

@Desert_Dreamin024 3 года назад

It’s been 7 years since I’ve seen most of my mothers side of the family that I grew up really close with. They have abandoned any type of contact with me when I decided I didn’t want to continue going to the Kingdom Hall. Even though they aren’t physically gone, they’re definitely emotionally gone for me. I remember “waking up” when I realized that they used this religion to conceal bad behavior and mental illness all while gas lighting me with a relationship while they were “out”or disfellowshipped and as soon as they decided to return, we were no longer allowed to communicate with each other. I’m still healing from the toxicity.

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

Be so glad that you are gone. I was STUCK IN THIS CULT FOR OVER 50 YEARS. SERIOUSLY...ITS WAS A WASTE OF VALUABLE TIME. BUT, I WILL SAY..THIS CULT MESSED WITH THE VERY VERY WRONG PERSON. AND MANY OTHER LIVES WERE LOST BECAUSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION. THE PRICE WILL BE HIGH FOR THIS GB AND EVERYONE BEHIND THE SCENES INVOLVED...

@fillupbanks7885 3 года назад

@Just Whatever 🤣🤣🤣 You said the God of love!! That's a joke!! All you guys do is what the Governing Body tells you to do. "Loyal Submission" Right? 💔💔 I'm sure you have questions that you dismiss. Why else are you here? I wish you could let yourself be free. Then, YES!! THEN!! You will actually know love.

@carolomotola761 3 года назад

Congratulations, You woke up

@thecrisisfortruth 3 года назад

There was a reason why Jesus did not get baptized till age 30! The organisation leadership are blood guilty.

@jwallaby7895 3 года назад

There's also a reason no child baptisms or dedications are mentioned in scripture. Blood guilt is the perfect choice of words friend.

@lovermanski2 3 года назад

EXACTLY

@davidparker5345 3 года назад

Baptism is a Jewish ritual and it is very likely that the baptism recorded done by John was NOT the first and only baptism. It is not stated as such and there is no reason to think it was the one and only

@Boshunz 3 года назад

That's what I'm saying! They want you to wait to get married and have sex but they push you to get baptized and shun you. Fuckin stupid

@albertafarmer8638 3 года назад

Water baptism is not necessary for your salvation, we must be baptized by the HOLY SPIRIT! The JW's deny the deity of our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST - this is deadly: if you believe that our LORD s only a created being you can NOT be saved!!! JESUS CHRIST is GOD, see John 1! HE always existed with the FATHER and the HOLY SPIRIT = the GODHEAD or Trinity. Thank JESUS for paying for your sins on the cross and HIS resurrection on the 3rd day!!! It must come from the bottom of your heart then you will receive the HOLY SPIRIT. Listen to great evangelists lke Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. David Reagan and their guests.

@nicosyiallouris1103 3 года назад

Shame so many families are destroyed in this cult

@chesterfrancis6737 3 года назад

This was one of the best interviews that you have done A lot of people are going to benefit from what Nash said

@knowthyself8233 3 года назад

I just can't get my head around that thought of losing my dear brother like that. I'm listening to your story and as a man my eyes are watery. Keep going. You got this guys. 👍🏿

@beautyRest1 3 года назад

That took so much courage to talk publicly about your life and marriage! Thank you so much for sharing your story! Best wishes to you both!!!

@dantoinettetaylor1663 3 года назад

Another excellent video JT and Lady Cee. Congrats Nash and Lisa on your marriage and best wishes to you both for your future! Much love and respect ❤

@akatheheretic3014 3 года назад

A Ringing Bell , Cannot be . . Unrung ! 😔 Once a person has TRULY Seen the Light 🙌of ACTUAL TRUTH 🙄. . It's a Rap . . There'll be 😒 NO RETURNING !! PERIOD. 🙅 (Thank you , Jesus ! ) 😊

@jnjon846 3 года назад

I saw the light, and jw is not there yet.

@dreamerofdreams1167 3 года назад

Amen🤍🙏🕊️

@yashimamom 3 года назад

I can so relate to this I was raised as a JW and I fortunately left that cult back in 1991.

@houseofraministry5291 3 года назад

Tell me wasn't it fearful of Armageddon looming over our head every dam day. We are always saying at the meeting, “we in the last days, ” or the final days. It's a physiological ploy of cults enslavement. What if people knew Armageddon was a hundred years from now? How many would stay in the Jw.org? Not many. So waiting expectation is the yoke and controls that also leads to high stress, for no reason.

@angelawambui1468 2 года назад

Happy for you Barbara.

@Jaehhhjdlo-fj4mp 3 года назад

I remember when I was 7 years old A lady named Margaret who was a JW sister, who was insider our Kingdom Hall had use to take me to Chuck e cheese. Margaret was in her twenties or early 30s, and one time after we were done playing at Chuck e cheese's, we were walking to her car, and a male employee was asking her, when could I come over to your house to see you? This sister had explained to me, that not for me to repeat this to anyone, and therefore I had kept this a secret from everyone. The following week later, my dad had told me that I could no longer talk to Margaret. He said, if I ever talked to Margaret, that I would get the beating of a lifetime, and I know how his beatings were. They would consist of belting and/or standing in the corner for hours at a time. One day I saw Margaret at the kingdom hall, because they had announced that she was disfellowshipped. I when she saw me, she looked me in the eyes and I looked the other way, because I was afraid that my dad was watching me and I didn't want to be disciplined. To this very day, which is 30 years later, I feel full of regrets for doing that to Margaret.

@robinkishmiller2596 3 года назад

Why your Dad at the time put that much of stress on you is beyond words (Telling you that if you talked to Margaret you would get a beating) But this is what the organization does to people. Its horrid. I hate it.

@johnjones6112 3 года назад

So sorry..... it was not your fault......why so much violence towards children in this cult.

@andreaberryman5354 2 года назад

Self-forgiveness is important. Heaven is real. Nash's brother will come get him to bring him home. Honestly, pray for Margaret to come get you when you pass. 🙏🏻😁

@PokemonRules333 Год назад

And all for taking a child to a place to have fun for once in their lives and not be beaten what a horrible organization

@jacquij3831 3 года назад

oh yeah i hate that " you know the truth, you know it's the truth" so many years i had that ram down my throat .

@borninpixie4035 3 года назад

WOW... My heart goes out to this guy.. He's been through sooo much! Although many points were brought up , and I could comment on many of them, the one that stands out, is about suicide.. how he described it is exactly how I felt from my early teens into my late 20's even though I had dissasociated when I was 22. I felt like I could never live up to the expectations of my parents, and most of all God. I just knew that God was going to kill me. So, I never valued my life. I lived day to day.. just surviving. And self medicating the hurt away , and many times praying that I wouldn't wake up in the morning. You are taught to believe that you are worthless.. you are only loved and accepted by your parents/ family and congregation + God, if you Are perfect.. or keep that perfect image . So you learn to lie, keep secrets.. the crazy thing is that in a normal world, the secrets a JW keeps really aren't secrets at all.. or something to be feared. But now, that guilt eats you up inside... And you feel even more unworthy, unlovable, unwanted.. That being six feet under doest seem that far... ( A verse from a song I used to listen to back in the day when I was POMI)

@davidwicklin9943 3 года назад

I feel similar at times mentally at age 49 having walked away from WT a few years ago. The prime of my life from age 20 to 45 basically taken away by this high control organization. It’s a real fight for me at times to work through very negative and suicidal, hopeless thoughts and the root cause of it goes back to the false hopes and fake propaganda of watchtower’s enmeshments and how it so deeply affected me mentally - and I’m speaking as a convert! My heart goes out with utmost empathy to all those born into this captive entrapping organization that causes so much damage to members or associates of this cult that purports the “benefits” and sells the “accolades” of being a Jehovah’s Witness is somehow a “protection” when in reality the deeper we went and more seriously we were involved the more destruction it caused!

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

@@davidwicklin9943 David. I was in this CULT for over 50 years. I walked away from it several years ago. Went through a major hell to the point of becoming suicidal. Now that I have pulled myself together, I am telling my story to EVERYONE, RIGHT DOWN TO PEOPLE IN THE GROCERY STORE, PARK, ANYWHERE AND TO WHOMEVER WILL LISTEN. The more this CULT is exposed the more lives you help save. Activism is the real Life Saving work...

@jwallaby7895 3 года назад

My heart breaks for everyone who has commented here. I'm relatively young in my early 30's....and yet I feel that my whole life was stolen. I feel like I've suffered enough to fill up 200 years of a lifetime with what my family was put through. But you're right, I believe activism is the way to go. But I ask myself if I have the strength to be a Lloyd evans or a jwfifth. I wonder how long such an endeavor would last, and whether I'd just want to break away from it all and enjoy my life. I'm focusing on school right now, but at some point I know I'll open up and i keep asking what I will do with my fury, my indignation, and my sorrow. All I can say is that whenever I think of the millions of innocent lives that watchtower has ruined, my decision to fight this organization becomes so clear. I've been wondering if a new support forum should be started for exjws. Perhaps start a RU-vid channel to get it out there for everyone. You guys think a RU-vid is the best way to help everyone? Should I support someone who already does this or should I start my own channel??

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

@@jwallaby7895 I definitely would encourage you to start your own you tube channel. There are some exjws that became life coaches. I see them from time to time. But never no one consistently.

@jwallaby7895 3 года назад

@@tammyg8031 I'm still PIMO and going through school which for me works in my favor. I'm constantly jotting down notes and things relating to the watchtower society while it's still fresh in my mind. If I can get some cohesive presentations made in the next few months that I think might be helpful I might just start making a series of videos. Just bought a new computer and might get a mic/lighting system when I finish my schooling. I just don't know what I'd do if I didn't try to help others escape and heal. I feel this is a must for me. Thank you for the encouragement. I'd love to qualify as "a coach." Any exJW coaches you admire or recommend for me to check out?

@GirlGeekLovesStampin 3 года назад

Thank you JT - gave us a lot to think about. Positive energy as a result.

@yahis8011 3 года назад

Many of those elders can just barely read and comprehend so how are they to help someone cope with ANY emotional issue? That entire organization is a joke! I almost can’t understand why those members cant see the evilness and the mind manipulation!

@catmeow333 3 года назад

Herd can’t even pronounce the names of the Gilead grads.

@exjwwokeup1617 3 года назад

I saw many elders who could not read or write or understand what they were reading so how could they help others?

@yahis8011 3 года назад

@@exjwwokeup1617 They love being in position to feel important and the less education you have the better the mind manipulation!

@Bee-ge9uw 3 года назад

@Just Whatever YOU STILL TRYING TO GET YOUR SERVICE HOURS BY TRYING TO PREACH YOUR LIES!!! JEHOVAH SEES EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING, AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE ON THIS PAGE, YOU SHOULD BE DISFELLOWSHIPED AS WELL, HAHAHAHA

@Bee-ge9uw 3 года назад

@Just Whatever So, do you want a Bozo button for your LIES AND STUPIDITY??? GO WORK YOUR CORNER AND PREACH YOUR LIES WITH YOUR CART.

@SusanGaskin 3 года назад

Thank you all for this interview! Nash made a comment that he basically wished he didn't have to hit rock bottom before he could move on and away from JW org, but I think this is just what was needed, difficult as it was. If he wasn't DF'd, he would have returned, and quite likely could have ended up just like his brother who took his life. Kudos to Lisa for being there and supporting Nash through everything. I'm glad she was interviewed to provide her viewpoint. As a fellow ex JW, sometimes we forget how hard all of this is on our partners. It creates a whole new set of issues for them to deal with. Speaking from experience, it gets easier. Good luck to you both!

@ExJWCriticalThinker 3 года назад

Hey Susan. Good hearing from you. Thanks so much for your feedback.

@clarity2478 3 года назад

Susan so glad to see you here! Loved your videos years ago and always wondered how things were working out. Wishing you the best.

@SusanGaskin 3 года назад

@@clarity2478 Wow thank you! I had so many thoughts in my head as I watched you tell your story. I meant to add that it takes a very brave person to share a story like yours. But like one of those Hollywood stories, people have a huge amount of empathy, and when they hear what you've been through, their heart goes out to you. I imagine you will struggle from time to time like all of us, but keep moving forward. I wish all the best to you too!

@SusanGaskin 3 года назад

@@ExJWCriticalThinker Hi there! There are very few ex jw videos I watch as I'm trying to move away from anything jworg, but I always love your videos. They're so well done! Love you guys!

@NashonOsborne 3 года назад

Thanks for the kind words Susan. And thank you for watching❤️

@beautyRest1 3 года назад

I’m traumatized in a way, because ALL MY LIFE I was thinking that I would never die. Also, my parents (both deceased now) would survive the “great tribulation “ and we would all live together forever. Now I’m retired, the last chapter of my life has arrived and it’s hard to swallow the pill that’s it’s not going to happen. Got baptized in 1970, seen and heard a lot, met wonderful people. I personally met people who were in concentration camps because of being JW’s. I decided to see a counselor now.

@irismoody7244 10 месяцев назад

So I am looking for the truth I am a new JW bible student. I was expected to get baptized in the 2023 convention in Orlando but I declined to get baptized because have an uneasy feeling and I have questions about things that I find hard to believe that are thought by JW and WT . I want to know is paradise on earth a lie ? What does the bible mean when it states “ the they will inherit the earth and live on it forever “? Where do the dead go ? Is hell real or not ?

@irismoody7244 10 месяцев назад

Also I refuse to believe that shunning is godly or biblical at all.

@danielbrown2828 9 месяцев назад

@irismoody7244 1.) I think biblically you can make a strong case that the bible teaches that the Kingdom of God will be established upon Earth for believers to inherit. E.g. Psalm 37:29, 'Paradise' However, on the balance of probabilities, it isn't true or going to occur in reality. 2.) Nobody knows 'where the dead go'. I encourage you to be very critical of anybody or organisation telling you that they do know. However, we do know what physically occurs to our bodies when we die. We decompose and our elements are recycled in nature. On the evidence available to us, it is much more likely that this is the only life you will receive. Use it wisely 😇 3.) Is hell real ? Again, nobody knows but I encourage you to only believe in things that are proven with evidence. Hell has no evidence to suggest its exists and JW's actually teach that people just die. I think this doctrine is at least biblically accurate. 4.) Bonus question: Is shunning biblical? Jesus was a very divisive individual and remains so in the 21st century. Scriptural evidence to support my viewpoint: Luke 14:26 - Jesus says: "If you come to me but will not leave your family, you can not be my follower' 2Corinthians 6: 14 - 17 - "What partnership does righteousness have with lawlessness?" - "Therefore go out from their midst and be separate from them". 1 Corinthians 5:11 - Talking about followers of Christ who are sinful: "Not even to eat with such a one" I hope anything I said helps you on your journey. I encourage you to continuously think critically about what this organisation is trying to teach you. I find it promising that you are asking questions whilst seeking the truth. Keep up the great work. Enjoy your life 😊

@julieevanb 3 года назад

So tragic. Thank you for sharing the story.

@reinaldofranco2966 3 года назад

Great interview guys!!! I could relate almost 100% with Nash. Almost everything he said, happened to me. Bad marriage, divorced and found someone new. Also my mother always saying "you know this is the truth". Can't stand those words. Great job JT and Lady Cee.

@Caracaraorangeberry 3 года назад

i know so many that have taken their lives in this ugly, disgusting organization. it’s astonishing. I’m so sorry.

@pepegomez6192 3 года назад

So many people take their life for so many non-sense reasons.

@theresefournier3269 3 года назад

So do i! Far too many!

@davidwicklin9943 3 года назад

“Pioneer a man made concept!” Yep. The word “pioneer” or “auxiliary pioneer”, just like the phrase “governing body”, is not even IN the Bible!!! Ditto for “circuit servant”, “company servant”, circuit overseer or district overseer - they’re ALL man made corporate watchtower derivative titles!!! And Jesus Christ himself stated within the gospels not to be living by titles and labels. It’s all a put upon with suit wearing sales pitching dressing contests of projectionism to impress other cult members and suck in the susceptible and vulnerable!

@queennoblebey-afuraka4483 3 года назад

And don’t leave out the word publisher!

@stefanlistevyios7195 3 года назад

All of them are corporate business titles.

@theresefournier3269 3 года назад

@@queennoblebey-afuraka4483 Exactly! After all, if they aren't a "PUBLISHING HOUSE" , they are NOTHING!

@hustonmices3976 3 года назад

I wonder if they’ll call themselves the “publishing clearing house” one day

@theresefournier3269 3 года назад

@Just Whatever Talking to me? You are barking up the wrong tree! I know all your tricks. And so does the living One! And He is not happy, with YOU at all. And He hates the name you give Him. And He hates that YOU are too lazy to MAKE SURE OF ALL THINGS. And much more... Adieu Just Whatever

@vidaful6466 3 года назад

My mom was pregnant with me when she got baptized in JW. I never got baptized because at age 12 or 13 I was studying the watchtower and awake on my own and started to research going thru the hundreds of volumes of publications my mom had, discovering how things had changed regarding different subjects throughout history of JWs. I felt confused and didn’t want anything to do with Watchtower. I was forced to go to the meetings but they could not force me to get baptized .

@Edelwiess1066 3 года назад

Good on you for researching and making your own mind up!

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

Excellent Excellent wisdom 👏 that literally saved your life. I love hearing things like this. I was a JW FOR OVER 50 years 😳. And finally walked away. But knew that there was something very very wrong with this culture. Little did I know how SATANIC this CULT is and very very harmful. I am so so happy that many many are waking up and leaving. Please keep sharing your story. Its a great inspiration and there's hope this CULT will go down a rightly disposed for the land fill full of trash 🗑....

@googleshitsyt5557 3 года назад

Yeahh

@alyssawoodman 3 года назад

@@tammyg8031 I tell people that I felt something was off with the Org. right from when I was a kid. Alot of arrogant adults that were cold to children.

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

@@alyssawoodman Yes. Most people were very ARROGANT and self righteous. Unfortunately those types of traits is what is keeping them locked 🔒 in this culture. From what I can see, one of the characteristics of getting out is humility. Willingness to accept that you have been deceived and been told lies all your life. As well as, you have invested your entire life or a large part of it from this deception. JWS are seriously ARROGANT and don't want to accept that. Its unfair because that's 🤔 how cults work. They all play on those facts. And how 🤔 the human mind works.

@dianeriddick2339 3 года назад

That is true. Them people are not good. They are evil. Nash and Lisa you will be alright. God is blessing you.

@cmcneil233 3 года назад

How are they evil

@jeremiaspolanco8927 3 года назад

JT AND LADY CEE, YOUR CHANNEL IS SUCH A THERAPY FOR ALL US EXJWS. YOU GUYS ARE NATURAL PSYCHOLOGISTS. GREAT INTERVIEW. THANKS .

@jonathanbassett3816 3 года назад

Well welcome to the outcasts, truth speakers, and free thinker club.. it's lonely sometimes but now with social media we find each other. There's a lot of love here, regardless of what we were taught. Love you guys even though we never met. I appreciate this channel. ❤️

@PokemonRules333 Год назад

I can’t imagine what it was like growing up shunned from the jws without social media seems like the internet is a really big problem from the watchtower

@donaldnida1519 3 года назад

Thanks for your honesty. It’s been a 25 yr fight for me but I walked away 5 years ago. My life is now truly fulfilling but does have its challenges as I am bipolar. If there are any ex’s who need to discuss mental health issues I’m here. Peace.

@jw6163 3 года назад

Plough on ahead brother, you've had a rough road . I wish you peace in your life.

@exjwsrilanka1898 3 года назад

I didn't know about Jehovah's witnesses. That's why I became one of them. Later I understood that who are they. I am an exjw now and Jesus set me free

@darlenesmith2704 3 года назад

Amen!!

@exjwsrilanka1898 3 года назад

@Just Whatever type "Raymundus martini and the name Jehovah" and search

@darlenesmith2704 3 года назад

@Just Whatever it is a freemason god

@darlenesmith2704 3 года назад

@Just Whatever watchtower 1980 2/1 pages 11-13

@darlenesmith2704 3 года назад

@Just Whatever no Js before the 1500's IHOVAH)Strongs concordance #1942 lord of mischief,ruin & confusion

@minusdagroove 3 года назад

Great interview. I’m motivated to get my young daughter some help with her depression. I had a problem with depression also until I connected it with the watchtower organization and it’s teaching.

@michaelcorder1250 2 года назад

Powerful Testimony!!! So genuine, pure, and authentic. This type of transparency is HARD to throw shade on! BLESSINGS!!!

@jazzminejackson9181 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing your story.

@xanthiathompson6507 3 года назад

😢😭Thank you all very much for this interview. His brother's situation was my situation. I am so glad I listened to that really really soft voice way in the background of my mind telling me I was not a reject and I was loved very much. After consistent prayers I listened to Jesus's voice. That is what saved me. Also the great patience of my wonderful husband.

@dreamerofdreams1167 3 года назад

Hallelujah 🤍🕊️🙏

@skyeyoung8714 3 года назад

I left home due to my abusive JW parents and I left the JW there was no one I could talk too as all my so called friends family were JW a realization it was all fake.I felt I was evil one and I felt so much guilt I tried to take my life but at hospital they treated me like a teenager acting out I never got help.Years down the line I got help and its been a healing journey.Im so glad for your vlogs and Ex JW speaking out about there experiences.Helping people to make there own decisions.

@barbaratucker6489 3 года назад

Thank you all for helping me not feel alone. Your expressed experiences help us/me reflect on our own experiences!!! Its hard to realize whats "wrong" and hang on to what is "right" ...people like you all, you made my heart stronger.

@mamanomusa-storyteller764 3 года назад

Thanks JT and Lady C for giving this couple yet another vehicle for not only healing themselves but assisting others. We all have to help each other wherever we can.

@justinporter458 3 года назад

I was a closet alcoholic for 12 years I was drinking 9 days a week and I cut it back to drinking only 7 days a week . I dissociated in 2018 aged 57 and my last drink was on the 12th of December 2020

@elliesambrook5929 Год назад

Hang in there.

@jokich6379 3 года назад

A great way to spend another evening! Always look forward to your videos and other great interview- both sad and enlightening. I no longer believe the bible is necessarily inspired. Written by people who had their own agenda. Trying to get a real picture of religion and the bible. Watching you tube videos is my primary therapy. I live in basic isolation with no friends or family. But I do feel a degree of peace in spite of the situations. Thank you.

@mattmurdock2868 3 года назад

Bible=Word of God. NWT=ever changing word of watchtower.

@jeanmitchell5834 8 месяцев назад

The bible is not inspired you are absolutely right do loads of research you will find the answers

@bessk6557 3 года назад

Great interview. Thank-you Nash for speaking out. So many that leave feel so hopeless. Your voice gives hope. If you left, keep growing, the rewards are worth it!!! Thanks JT and Lady See, you are awesome!!! Kudos to your beautiful wife Nash!

@AlexMacale Год назад

I can relate to this guys story. I remembered when I was 16 yrs old being born in the organization where all your family is in it and all you know was just it JW 24/7 to the core. All the convo by family members is full of scriptures. They give choices and you have to make a choice to take secular education or pioneering or bethelite that's the only option I got. I choose the first option pursued education got myself disfelowedship but man the guilt trip...that memory lane of the term materilism belief that hunts me. I have a sister who stayed on wasted 20 years of her life and finally realizing she got nothing to show for not even a family. In that regard I was glad to stumble to this video because it really hits home! I'm glad I did not cowed down to those 3 Elders at that time. My life would have been so miserable and full of regrets today.

@Adventures2024-AD 3 года назад

Nash you made a point that stood out to me that I never recognized! You said if a person is not going to “do” all the things the Org says we should be doing we would be better off dead. The Org plants that thought Roms 6:7 if we die it wipes out all our “sin” which means to some our sin is not wanting to be on the Orgs treadmill. We can’t keep up with it and are so tired of the heavy burden of constantly talking about Armageddon, death, and pioneering etc. The Org robs us of enjoying our life free from guilt and feelings of unworthiness! That’s before the shunning and loss of family- your brother is not the only active JW who has committed suicide- there are so many I know. So sorry for your loss and everyone who has loss someone to this religion. Cruel mind games they play

@rdhawk929 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing this sad story with a positive and beautiful ending.

@grammawpayton 3 года назад

This video has so much to think about, like the real life consequences of lives spent taking orders and worshipping an organisation of lying hypocrites. I'm so glad these sweet and compassionate people are wanting to help others who have endured similar hardships, and give their time to talk so openly. Can you imagine, what this young man and his family have been through, is going on thousands of times around the world because of this horrendous high control cult. I remember when we first started studying in 1985 (before we had the internet), we'd hear something about shunning and disfellowshipping and start asking questions. Suddenly our friendly married couple Bible teachers who would spend hours talking freely about everything, would hem and haw and try to change the subject! They have many methods and techniques to entangle people and deliver them to WT all bound up like a bird in a fishing line - helpless.

@wjsjallday9202 3 года назад

What a soul stirring interview!!! I pray that he/ THEY find peace + oneness

@gmeorghemarcu4100 3 года назад

Thanks from a JW for sharing your experience.

@virginialecroy7729 3 года назад

So encouraging and I love a good ending! Blessings!💖

@marie-clairedelongchamp1330 3 года назад

Listened up to the 1:00:00 mark, just want to commend Lisa as JT & Lady Cee are doing, it brings a lump to my throat ♥️. I ended up leaving a 33 year mariage 1 year after leaving the organization. If it’s meant to be, I hope I do meet someone someday who will be as understanding & patient as you are!! By the way, lived in Calgary 7 years, Edmonton 7 years & back & forth from there to Québec for 10 years, as my former husband worked there! I feel for you Nash…the healing is definitely a process….still on that journey! 😌

@loricurtis2521 3 года назад

My mom is in this Cult. I was raised in it. Baptized in '08, out in '16. I never really wanted baptism, but people were coming in getting baptized and I'm thinking what is it I'm not seeing. Perhaps I'll get a revelation after baptism. NOT! I simply quit going cold turkey and told my mother I wasn't going back cause I don't believe they're the truth with all the deception beneath the foundation. Of course she didn't like it. Then, she acted like it was going to be the end of our relationship. I then said to her, it makes NO SENSE to not talk to me just because I don't believe what you believe. If you believe this is the truth, that's YOUR TRUTH. My truth is I don't believe it, so...that makes MY TRUTH wrong? I then said, that's like me telling you a certain restaurant has the best steaks in town, you try out the restaurant to see for yourself and tell me you're not impressed and don't think they have the best steaks in town at all. So, I'm going to stop speaking or associating with you because you don't agree with me??? I said, reconcile that for me. At any rate, I have a relationship with my mother, we talk all the time. I think she thought about it and realized how RIDICULOUS that is to stop talking to someone because they don't agree with what you may agree with. Her love for me is STRONGER than the pull of Watchtower! They didn't win this one! I have a relationship with both my parents AND siblings (with a brother and sister in this NONSENSE as well). That's my story! 😁

@MemeRider 4 месяца назад

Christ loves you, Watchtower does not ❤

@jnjon846 3 года назад

My mom is so indoctrinated into jw that's she has become very disrespectful. She said if you are not jw, Jehovah don't know you. SMH

@catmeow333 3 года назад

Are you old enough to make any decisions about putting away money, or contacting someone perhaps a non-jw family member ?

@robinkishmiller2596 3 года назад

Watchtower makes people very ugly and disrespectful/hateful.

@mariacardoso1477 3 года назад

@Just Whatever In my personal experience, I've seen many marks of lack of respect by JW's: Entering private homes, (without any invitation) by the backyard entrance and interrupting family gatherings to push their literature. Knocking time after time at the same door even after the resident of that house has told them several times not to come back, because he or she was not interested in their message. Insisting and pushing, even after a 'student' told them she or he did want to stop 'studying' their literature. Insinuating that any person will be destroyed by God if she or he doesn't comply with their own 'biblical" theories. Insisting and pushing, by instilling fear and guilt in people's minds. They do it until they get what they were told to do, (time after time) in their meetings. Yes, another baptized member, caught in their religious trap. I could keep going, but I'll stop here. No intention to offend. Have a nice day.

@hrh4961 3 года назад

@Just Whatever Another totally indoctrinated, sad, pathetic victim heard from.

@angelawambui1468 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☹☹☹☹mom you are wrong

@googleshitsyt5557 3 года назад

The hidden agenda of the Watchtower is: "I will sacrifice everything what SATAN asks, but I will never reveal my true identity"🕉💥🕉💥🕉💥🕉💥🕉🌏💘🙏🏻💝🕉🌏💥🌍💖🥨🥐🎱🎱🎱

@pepegomez6192 3 года назад

Whhhhat? Lol. Dud what are u on? Sacala para andar iguales.

@googleshitsyt5557 3 года назад

@@pepegomez6192 ¿Que dices Pepe? Muy encantanto para conocer te

@hustonmices3976 3 года назад

Charles t Russell came up with that “worldly” concept. He literally used to call himself and his followers “holy ones”

@darlenesmith2704 3 года назад

also the name SAINTS

@annabizaro-doo-dah 3 года назад

He also resented higher education because seminary pastors would criticise his doctrines and he didn't have their education. The beard thing began because Rutherford was jealous of Russell and his big ole beard😂 Rutherford's medical ignorance began the blood thing and there's his antagonism toward the govt etc ALL their doctrines stem from the foibles of their narcissistic leaders.

@hustonmices3976 3 года назад

@@annabizaro-doo-dah correct

@darlenesmith2704 3 года назад

@J m Russell never knew Jesus!

@hustonmices3976 3 года назад

@@darlenesmith2704 lol.. he knew the Giza pyramid better then Jesus.

@broncosbest6441 3 года назад

Nash nailed it at the 1hr 20 mark. You need to put in the work to do the research to prove to yourself it’s not the so called truth even before you watch a video etc. Therefore you mitigate the mental and emotional fall out from leaving this high control group. Otherwise it’s like an anchor pulling you back Nash says. Very wise words! Born in’s face extra challenges in that respect and his brother paid a horrible price for that. The organisation counts on that anchor to pull you back in that’s why you get the harassment to come back. Some idiot MS calls me at 9.00 on a Monday morning I was on the phone to someone else so throughout the convo he just continues to ring so he was getting the engaged tone for at least 20 mins. When I finished the convo my phone rings. I ignore it so he texts says you are ignoring my call like I don’t work! Haven’t been at a meeting for year and half but circuit overseer is coming you see. As it’s a business and one of the managers is coming to examine the company accounts they want to locate the absent employees! You need to fully prove to yourself that this company is fraudulent otherwise you won’t be at peace. It’s clear that the people who do that have less turbulent outcomes. Thanks to Lady Cee and JT for assisting in this process worldwide. I wish Nash (and partner) all the best!

@klsawake3446 2 года назад

Bless you Nash and Lisa! Your story is very sad, yet compelling and I’m convinced, you will help SO many people, by sharing your experience. The best revenge for being lied to and indoctrinated for years is to live well!!!

@patriciaholguin9053 3 года назад

Just listened to Nash story. I heard my story as well. My brother committed suicide and he was gay. This organization made him feel so guilty for. They did not even give him a proper funeral and he was never disfellowship. A lot of what Nash touched on I can so relate. I finally woke after his death and I have an 8yr ok daughter that I have not and will never teach her these lies. I would love to share my story on your podcast. My mother is a Jehovah witness but has never shunned us we all have a relationship with her. I feel that she Probly has her doubts as well. Thank you for this podcast it just re affirms by current stance.

@iflex2790 3 года назад

Just what i needed better than any convention talks

@marshasweetnovember7482 3 года назад

I asked my Dad (an elder) what kind of training does he have to council children and adolescents? Where did he go to school for child and adolescent development and psychological counseling? That didn't end well 😂 but it's ok, I needed to say something. I'm sorry for everyone that has been hurt. Especially when making a peer pressured, life altering decision to get baptized at age 11. Ugh

@zena7109 3 года назад

There were other suicides? Why? Well, I was always scared of getting destroyed as a child whenever we missed a meeting or my family wasn't doing enough. I don't know if that thinking is common. I grew up in an abusive family.

@SonicGamerGirl2006 Год назад

Unfortunately, this thinking is VERY common amongst Jehovah's Witnesses. This thinking instilled by the Watchtower can cause significant harm to your mental and emotional well-being, as well as your self-esteem and self-worth. ...And as for what you went through... I'm REALLY sorry you had to go through that. I can't imagine myself going through such a tough situation, especially as a Jehovah's Witness. Thank goodness I'm not one, and will never be one anytime soon, but it still doesn't make it any less painful to hear stories like this. 😢😢💔 My heart goes out to you, my friend. I hope you get the help you need and find peace without the Watchtower looming over you. You deserve to live your life to the fullest. 💙🫂

@truthinliving8082 2 года назад

After suffering through 40 years of shunning after leaving the Watchtower society, I can identify with so many of the feelings he mentioned in this interview. I can also identify with how long it took me to come to grips with how seriously I was lied to. Problem is, it is still happening to my family members locked into this awful cult.

@j.j.1064 3 года назад

Hi I was only two min into this vid when I saw an elephant in the room. I remember Watchtower articles and publications going back to 1975 when I joined the cult. As a young man I was interested in finding a girl and getting married. I actually married a girl just turned 18 amid a torrent of critique that I have to concede was absolutely on target. Because we were divorced three years later. The advice from elders and the publications and Bible all said that it's wise to be"past the bloom of youth" and there were enough reasonings to fill a book in that at that a person in their teens was too immature and unsettled to make a decision that would effect the rest of your married life. (In my case 3 years). The obvious disparity screams as loud as thunder. How can you be too young to get married at 18 yet old enough to be baptized at 11 (in some cases 7). For a baptized person to even raise this question with an elder and not accept the contorted reply will get you in that back room faster than you can say Armageddon. JWs are programmed to not think. Ironically the publication "Reasoning from the scriptures" has nothing to do with it. It's about steering conversations into Watchtower approved dogma. Good luck with your relatives. I suggest you read Stephen Hassan's book on cult mind control. The control techniques are ubiquitous across all cult platforms they are just in different strengths, colors and labels.

@fullydeceived502 3 года назад

I love all yall interviews. @Ladycee I've watch alot of yall vids and I must say it's so great how your husband JT allows you to speak all the time, sometimes without him saying much. As someone who is constantly accused of not knowing her place as a woman esp. to my Jw inlaws because my husband respect my opinions it's so refreshing that you don't have to wait to be allowed to talk.

@heatherrants5881 3 года назад

When I was in my judicial committee and they decided I was unworthy of forgiveness.... I pulled away from everything. I didn't think I deserved to live, I had tried to take my.own life during my judicial episode... when I found myself "unforgiven" I had literally no reason to try.

@simonsanchez105 3 года назад

100% truth: you never looked at the same when you're reinstated.

@tarameers5401 8 месяцев назад

Thank you soooo much for doing this interview and putting yourself out there. I'm making this comment almost through your entire video and about the watch the last part of it. You are sooo honest about your journey and I love it. I felt soooo heart broken myself on my own journey out of the Watchtower. To make a long story short, my family was abusive/dysfunctonal. Some of the JWs in my congregation knew it and tried sheltering me from it as much as they could, while following the JW rules. Because of this, I felt like 'Jehovah' was protecting me or watching over me, as long as I was following all of the rules. But after awhile of doing everything I was supposed to according to the org, I felt like he wasn't blessing me because I wanted to be married to "the right one", and if I did everything I was supposed to, while witnessing others hypocrisy, and they seemed to get what they wanted, how come it seems like I have to wait longer. I genuinely believed and did my best to follow, but somehow felt that the "spiritually weak" ones got more out of life. I also felt laughed at for following the rules. My whole story is a whole lot longer than this. Anyways, just wanted to share, thank you for sharing this

@kingofthedots3835 3 года назад

I feel for this guy !.....I got out with my whole family and several friends ....I beat the system !!!

@purplefairy4489 3 года назад

My love to the guy ...what alot to go through 🤩🤩🤩

@caroldanvers265 2 года назад

My heart goes out to this family and all those JWs that committed suicide. It's so sad to hear about your tragedy. Prayers for you!

@airtagoscar 3 года назад

I felt exactly like his brother. I tried to be the good witness. I just didn't find any joy in doing it. I hated field service, giving talks being told to have Bible studies and I never wanted to be a teacher. I was told just to pray more and read the scriptures and all that made me do is feel less adequate. I felt that even going through the motions I couldn't happily serve god and the only reason I was doing it was for everlasting life. Thought it would be easier taking my life to be in the new world than trying to be a witness. Definitely a dark place to be in.

@changesmustchange2063 3 года назад

Hahahaha glad it was recorded. Nash I have family who r JWs in Grand Prairie, Ab. I really enjoyed your experience, so sorry to hear of your brother. Grief never goes away unless of course your a JW. You can just flick on/off like light switch, pretend it never happened. I really enjoy your interviews Lady Cee an JT. Keep them coming!

@EfrainRiveraJunior 3 года назад

I blame 100% the Watchtower for suicide cases like this.

@exjwukmusicalescape9241 3 года назад

Love your illustration of the anchor Nash at 1:20 do your own research break your own chains. I relate to your experience of addiction and mental health. For me the big one for people is too totally lose assumption that JW was wrong so there is no God and whether the Bible is his preserved words. It is a completely separate issue which every one should approach free from bias. Personally I am now a Christian and had my conversion experience while still Physically in the organisation though mentally out. Listening to Christian apologetics would help people see that denominational disagreements are very different in Christianity a certain viewpoint may be held Calvinism vs Baptist vs Lutheran yet most would still fellowship and learn from each other. The difference is that a Christian will want to hear your testimony or the reason you know you are born again or “saved”. Unlike Stephen Lett who will not tell you. Love to all and pray that you find peace after surviving a false religious cult.

@MrMatthew54 3 года назад

What a tragic story. I am so glad you have been able to handle it this far. Getting baptized at 11 is such a hard choice to place on a child. The only thing I can say is I learned to make sure I planned for a future. After the 1975 fail I realized that I needed to make a career and make sure I planned for my future retirement. I only hope there is some way for your family to heal.

@thumbstruck 3 года назад

I remember feeling waves of depression over the years as life opportunities were shut off. Humans need community, but unless humans are not truly valued as responsible humans, capable of being personally responsible, being part of a community can be stunting, deadly, even. "I will judge you INDIVIDUALLY according to your deeds." No group judgment.

@maryloumata4904 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing. Your story is familiar to me. It's hard to be alienated from your family because you choose to believe and live differently. It's hard when they require you to accept and respect their freedom to be a witness however , It's unacceptable to them and a spiritual crime for a family member of age to seek their own path and spiritual freedom in a life that belongs to you!. FORGIVE them, they know not what they do! Nash you are brave for telling the truth. I know what you are saying to be true. I have witnessed the type of issues you are describing.

@WatchtowerofBabel 3 года назад

Thank you

@googleshitsyt5557 3 года назад

Dear Nash: when I talked in 1999, June 5, I changed. The Watchtower has no answer for MAJOR DEPRESSION, because they are part of the problem. The Allopathy has no solution! The Pharmaceutical Industry has no answer for it. Stay strong and heal further

@tammyg8031 3 года назад

Straight up accurate

@NashonOsborne 3 года назад

They certainly are part of the problem! What do you mean when you talked on June 5 1999?

@vanessaandrews152 2 года назад

My Dear Brother was also a devote JW who took his life, RIP William Richard Lewis

@yesmen261 2 года назад

I have never been religious, was never taught to follow any faith. I’m 30 yrs old. I have never tasted alcohol, smoked cigarettes/weed, no hard drugs & I don’t even like taking prescription drugs like vicodin (after knee surgery) or epidurals, two child labors. I was raised by two very righteous parents who taught me to have morals, values, principles. I try my best to be what I was raised to be. To be a decent human being that cares for others & myself. In 2016 I graduated college as valedictorian.

@brenandemossita1000 2 года назад

I had a best friend and I told her that I was attracted to men because I trusted her. She went and told half the hall that I had demons I was fighting. She made mother question everything I did. I was a grown man. I was so happy to leave the hypocrisy people had and be happy with myself.

@annabizaro-doo-dah 3 года назад

I really relate to Nash's overwhelming guilt. Anything and everything you do is hurting everyone. Including blaming yourself for suicides. I feel you Nash 100% and I wish you & your wife, kids, step kids, nieces and nephews the very, very best in life. Edit: love your 🐱!!

@robynbass9636 3 года назад

Excellent interview thank-you all.

@tarameers5401 8 месяцев назад

I went through soooo much 'shame', on my journey out from the witnesses. I grew up loving everyone in my congregation as a little girl. I wanted to spread love. I faithfully studied the "Family Happiness" book hoping it would help with my very messed up family. I followed ALL of the rules, which puts you in a very uncomfortable position of being judged for following all of the rules, but simply not wanting to be a hypocrite if you believe they're right. But when you leave, oh man, you have to acknowledge soooo much more about actual reality of life on this planet around you.

@michaelmaston4702 3 года назад

Russell B.Hayes was right the first time: Religion IS a snare and a racket. I'd even go so far to say it's a con game...a very elaborate one.

@lovefaith6285 2 года назад

There were many times I came close to suicide because I felt the same, that I wasn't worthy of living since I was not zealous about the "truth". I was never baptized because I knew I wasn't going to live a perfect life and left the organization in my mid twenties. I struggled with depression, panic attacks and suicidal thoughts for many years until now, in my late 40s, I've discovered the religion I was born into is just a lie and a cult. My heart goes out to this man for the loss of his bother. My nephew came very close to suicide after he was disfellowshiped, his second marriage ended and was being shunned by certain family members. The dark cloud has lifted from him, meet a wonderful woman and has a baby girl and is finally happy. I think he's still having some lingering issues from also being a born-in JW and I reassure him that everything is ok. The JW "religion" is very dangerous to people's mental and emotional well being.

@sarahshowalter9539 3 года назад

Thanks for getting out, and welcome home.

@cassandrasmith5265 3 года назад

Please please Exjw critical thinkers keep on giving out this much needed information.It is just incredible how this cult destroys peoples lives,but with your help some of us are able to regain some semblance of a normal life. Thank you so much

@zantheateylor5009 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing Lisa and Nash:)

@richbreath_ 3 года назад

I loved this! So relatable! Phenomenal conversation! 🧡

@sandralutz6991 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing your story. It really does help others. So very sorry for your loss.

@marshajanulis6092 3 года назад

best video ive ever seen...thank you

@MonaLisa-lb6ew 6 месяцев назад

I have read so many comments of abuse etc its so sad you have all experienced these things. My mum is JW i was raised in it, never baptised, but for my own reason, to be being baptised is when you devote yourself to serving Jehovah. I left when i was 17 and i went out to the world, im 36 and im trying to find my way back to the truth. Some of the things iv heard from the video and also read in the comments i have never experienced in our congregation or not even from my mum. We have to remember we arent perfect human beings, build your own bond with Jehovah, if its the teachings that you dont believe well then i guess its up to you. But i do encourage you sll to PRAY pray for help & guidance. ✌️

@jeanmitchell5834 8 месяцев назад

What a brave man....he can help so many other disillusioned people....its not that you are not good enough......you are Much better than...you are an amazing person..