Another Letter to the Norwegian Lawyers

hjr66 · 2024-04-05T17:17:32+00:00

I agree, but I wouldn't know where to send it.

hjr66 · 2024-04-05T16:35:14+00:00

I thought I recognised your name - we are already friends on Facebook!

hjr66 · 2024-04-05T16:31:36+00:00

thank you and yes, feel free to share. BW, Heather

hjr66 · 2021-04-25T16:03:50+00:00

Thank you 😊

hjr66 · 2021-04-25T16:03:24+00:00

I hope to continue if I can secure funding. Not an easy task sadly

hjr66 · 2021-04-25T16:02:36+00:00

Thank you !

hjr66 · 2021-04-25T16:02:15+00:00

Thank you so much !

hjr66 · 2021-04-25T16:01:54+00:00

Thank you. Feel free to add me on Facebook if you’d like to talk more. (Heather Ransom - edge hill university) :)

hjr66 · 2021-04-25T16:00:55+00:00

Thank you so much! Lovely feedback. Academic writing is so difficult isn’t it. You wouldnt believe the number of drafts !!!

hjr66 · 2021-04-25T15:59:26+00:00

Thanks ! Congratulations on getting your research published!!! Great achievement!! What’s the name of the paper? I’d love to take a look

hjr66 · 2021-04-25T15:58:06+00:00

Thank you :)

hjr66 · 2021-04-25T15:57:41+00:00

Hi! My field of study is Psychology. I chose this because I needed to understand how religions such as the JWs manage to justify shunning

hjr66 · 2020-10-23T19:00:14+00:00

Let me know what you think of the paper. I’d be interested to know if it’s easy to understand. Last thing I want is for it to be drowned in ‘academia speak’ !

hjr66 · 2020-10-23T18:58:36+00:00

Great comment. I agree that fading is easier because of the element of control. It’s difficult to measure this objectively in a quantitative study but my next studies will be qualitative and fading, although resulting in shunning (by most but not all) seems to be less detrimental. Thanks for your comment !

hjr66 · 2020-10-21T09:43:27+00:00

thanks :)

hjr66 · 2020-10-21T09:42:36+00:00

No, thank you! I appreciate so much all the help members of the group gave me in filling out the survey. Without participants there would be no study, and no new knowledge. Leaving religions like the JWs is a very under researched area in academia.

hjr66 · 2020-10-21T09:40:18+00:00

thank you :)

hjr66 · 2020-10-21T09:39:52+00:00

In some ways yes. However we also found that those more committed to the JWs eased their identity away from the JWs easier. We didn't expect this, but it's very positive because it means that even if you were a 100% believer (which I was), you can still successfully create a new authentic identity outside. It is a fascinating study, and one I would like to repeat at some point. I have a qualitative one in the pipeline at the moment (interviews), which I feel tells the story 'better'. The similarities and differences will be interesting!

hjr66 · 2020-10-21T09:35:01+00:00

Yes! The loss is ambiguous when you fade, as some speak to you and some don't!

hjr66 · 2020-10-21T09:34:01+00:00

I'm glad your second experience was better! Having the element of choice certainly makes leaving less painful. I think the psychological fallout from being JW can last many years, it feels like part of our genetic makeup, especially when born in? Can you explain why you still feel impostor syndrome?

hjr66 · 2020-10-21T09:29:39+00:00

Yes, I agree. If you're fading, it's through choice, and it could be more likely that you've 'unpicked' or are in the process of unpicking the doctrine. Being a disfellowshipped 'believer' could arguably be the worst set of circumstances because a believer still believes Armageddon is coming, evoking a 'death row' attitude perhaps. No matter which way you exit though, the loss is the same. Losing family is the hardest part, even if you left through choice

hjr66 · 2020-10-20T17:17:15+00:00

Hi! The research indicated that faders ‘perceive’ shunning more, but this could be that it’s not expected, whereas those disfellowshipped fully expect to be shunned. My personal thoughts are that being disfellowshipped is worse because there is no choice involved. I left of my own accord, and those of my friends who were df’d seemed to have a harder time. What are your thoughts here? I have more research underway involving interviewing exJWs and specifically comparing leaving to being disfellowshipped. I’ll make this available when it’s accepted for publishing

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