Author: CorElyse

I’ve come to realize there is an overwhelming number of important topics I want to share my thoughts on beyond simply healing from my seven year stint as an ex-Jehovah’s Witness. The question I’ve asked myself a lot recently is… where do I share them? I post a lot on social media, but social media [...]

Some interesting comments popped up under a few of my social media reels recently. Actually…. It was one comment repeated and posted to more than one of my reels from the same anonymous account. As a person who shares on public social media… I’m no virgin to hate comments. And I get my daily dose [...]

Of all the people I lost because I stopped believing in Jehovah’s Witnesses… Of all the people, both “friend” and family, I cut off because I finally had self-love and self-respect… because I would no longer shrink or serve to keep their company… The only one I miss is you. And yet… I’m not mad [...]

I no longer have interest in belonging to a religion, and I no longer feel the need to have all the answers. That being said, I still enjoy searching and pondering. I don’t believe I could stop my ruminating mind if I wanted to, so instead… I prefer to put it to good use through [...]

I often feel lonely. These days, I’m less distracted than I was when my children were young and needy. And I have a surplus of time on my hands now that I’m no longer “slaving for Jehovah.” That’s a good thing, but a new thing. I’ve also cut off most of my extended family, giving [...]

Welcome to my blog! I actually started this space back in May of 2016… before I ever became (and then un-became) one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. At the time, I was severely depressed… hanging by a thread and shrinking under the weight of pain I did not fully comprehend and could not name… and then came [...]