About Me – Ryan David Tuttle

Experience with Jehovah’s Witnesses

My blog page is the result of my combined love for psychology, science, and helping other survivors of the high demand religion known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. I feel that it is relevant to discuss my life experience as it relates to Jehovah’s Witnesses. My Parents, Grandparents, and almost all of my aunts and uncles wereContinueContinue reading “Experience with Jehovah’s Witnesses”

Education

2017-Present Worcester State University, Worcester, MA Anticipated graduation in spring of 2020Psychology majorCoursework in Statistics, Behavioral Research, Applied Research, Child Development, Brain & Behavior, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Nutrition, Anatomy & Physiology, and Elementary School teaching. Psychology Honors ProgramPsi Chi Member 2015-2017 Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, Psychology FocusCourseworkContinueContinue reading “Education”

Work Experience

Residential Counselor 2015-Present, UMASS COMMUNITY HEALTH LINK, Worcester, MA Residential Counselor at an intensive clinical pilot program working with Dual Diagnosis individualsServed as primary residential counselor for select residents, involved in treatment planning and rehabilitation, assisted with community living, provided nutrition education, led groups relating to individual goals, attended meetings relating to continuity of care,ContinueContinue reading “Work Experience”

My Third Dating Experience Post JW

So there was a third girl I met up with, lets call her Laura. This girl presented as an intellectual and rationally minded person. She was also Puerto Rican. I dubbed her a “Skeptical Unicorn” for being both non-religious and Latina, which is something that seems rare. Laura was cool and into all sorts ofContinueContinue reading “My Third Dating Experience Post JW”

Certified Teacher of Mindful Living

In her book “EXiting the JW Cult”, Bonnie Zieman mentiones that a lot of XJW enjoy eastern philosophy and Buddhism. At the time I read her book vehemently opposed to all religion including Buddhism. I was very hurt and not willing to explore anything even remotely religious. But in time that changed… JW’s teach usContinueContinue reading “Certified Teacher of Mindful Living”

My Second Experience Dating After JW

So I met up with several girls off of OkCupid but most of them I just met up with once. Then I chatted with a girl that I’m going to call Tina. Tina was cute and a bit different from Ashley. I came up with the game plan of meeting up with people at theContinueContinue reading “My Second Experience Dating After JW”

Learning To Not Be Passive Anymore

So let me tell you a story about learning about myself post fundamentalism. This story involves a former coworker I will call Kathy. Let me say that Kathy was a competent worker and generally, I did not have a problem working with Kathy. However… there were a few, shall we say, incidents involving Kathy thatContinueContinue reading “Learning To Not Be Passive Anymore”

The Dark Fog Nightmare

Many former members of the Jehovah’s Witness faith report having nightmares after leaving. I’ve had a few nightmares myself. One of those nightmares involved me being in a Kingdom Hall. The Kingdom hall we attended when I was a child was what I would describe as split level. If you entered the main door youContinueContinue reading “The Dark Fog Nightmare”