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Hoax : A Woman's Journey to Reveal the Indoctrination of the Jehovah's Witness Cult, Addiction, and Mental Health Diagnoses - Pony Jean Parker

Hoax

A Woman's Journey to Reveal the Indoctrination of the Jehovah's Witness Cult, Addiction, and Mental Health Diagnoses

By: Pony Jean Parker

Hardcover | 24 January 2023

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Hoax is the story of a woman born and raised in the Jehovah's Witness cult. Her journey from self-realization of the indoctrination she was born into to self-acceptance as she struggles to belong in a world where things are not as they seem. Finding the courage to leave, she loses her entire family and children in the process.ï»

A story of battling Alcohol Addiction, Mental Health Diagnoses, and the journey to becoming her true self in the wake of the loss she struggles with. A powerful story of strength, vulnerability, and redemption leaves readers with hope and conviction to embrace their truth as well.

When you're raised in a cult it is hard to escape indoctrination but even harder to find yourself. Follow Pony Jean's journey of self-realization through loss, addiction, and mental health diagnoses as she allows herself to become vulnerable and worthy of becoming her true self.

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Children that grow up in abusive spiritual systems and relationships can develop such acute mental trauma that they later have breakdowns. Many contemplate suicide or worse. Especially daunting is trying to understand and recover from deeply ingrained fears of failure to please a controlling religious system such as Jehovah's Witnesses and the supernatural being that such a system represents. 

Raising her, Pony Jean Parker's parents used harsh parenting methods as they endeavored to follow the instructions of the devout to worship correctly in a self-proclaimed Bible-based religion. Consequently, she never felt approval. By believing hook, line and sinker, it was no wonder depression was her companion. Eventually understanding the abusive and authoritarian systems she was raised in, Pony Jean overcame emotional damage through strengthening her coping mechanisms, first by learning how to forgive, how to manage painful emotional situations, and how to heal, none of which was easy to do but she did it through a determination she didn't know she possessed and associates that inspired love and happiness. Through her important story, Pony Jean promotes healthy principles and tools for personal growth without fear of a supernatural connection. -Barbara Anderson, Ex-JW Activist

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