Terry Lee Jacobs
Central Pennsylvania, USA
TrJaco7@aol.com
Hello Everyone…
I was forced to attend WWCG meetings from the age of 5 until I finally left the church at age 17. The teachings of HWA & GTA forced my parents to divorce because my father was an atheist and they were not "married" in the "church." I am now 49. My parents divorced when I was age 11. My father went off to WW2 and when he returned my mother had become a member of the WWCG. She had been "turned on" to the church by my father’s brother in my father’s absence. My father and his brother never spoke again and my uncle was forbidden to even set foot on my father’s property. My uncle used to pick us up for "church" down the street!
Those are my early memories of my family. As it turns out my mother was mentally ill on top of being devoted to church doctrine. My mother and father are now deceased.
I have a younger sister who is still struggling with the after-effects of the "church." She refuses to seek professional help out of fear of any authority figures. I on the other hand have recovered, somewhat, after 4 suicide attempts and many years of drug abuse. I have never been able to carry on a relationship with another human since my days in the "church." Even now people think I am just "too bizarre!"
My stories about the church echo almost everyone else’s so I will not go into those. I just wanted to say that I have always known that there are others out there that have survived the WWCG and it’s nice to know that we have a place where we can tell our tales to the world.
I am still deciding what I believe and what is just BS. Many humans have lied to me and taken advantage of the good nature I used to have so I am now very cynical and resist any type of advice or interest taken by "people" in my personal life. At one point when I was in therapy, a year and 1/2 ago, my therapist actually laughed at what I was telling her about my past. I reported her and I believe that she was fired! So I am now on my own. I also refuse to seek anymore help from "professionals!"
Good luck to all of you and I hope sharing our stories helps you as much as it helps me…
One more thing… I wrote a long letter to GTA’s main office right before he died and said everything I ever wanted to say in an e mail…it helped me get rid of a lot of the crap left inside of me from all of those years in the WWCG!!! I suggest that others do the same. Even if it falls on deaf ears!
Most sincerely,
Terry Lee Jacobs
…And thanx to you personally, Robert, for this site!
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