PhD Student, Behavioral Science
It may seem a bit cliche but laughing is powerful. By nature, I'm a very serious person. I've been criticized for not smiling enough. Not laughing enough. I only discovered the power true power of laughter after I left Jehovah's Witnesses. I was devastated by my experience with Jehovah's Witnesses. I was devastated being …
Jehovah's Witnesses are opposed to Yoga considering it a Demonic practice. Because of this, I've always view Yoga and similar practices with skepticism. In early 2018 I watched the entire course on Yoga from "The great courses" which can also be purchased on DVD and found on Amazon. After watching I had an entirely new …
When I was one of Jehovah's Witnesses I felt stuck. I wanted to achieve things in my life and I wasn't able to. This led me to be very depressed. Now, this was partly because of the limiting rules of the Witnesses and the harsh consequences for not following them. However even after leaving the …
The subject of my honors research is Learned Helplessness. This is a subject that is of interest to Jehovah's Witnesses, active and former, because they too may experience Learned Helplessness. Let's discuss what helplessness is and why it might be affecting you. Learned Helplessness was discovered by Martin Seligman. In addition to publishing various research …
In 2018 I went to a psych fair at school and there was a table there for their school psychology fair. Now initially I thought that school psychology meant being a guidance counselor. This is a common misconception. School psychologists might engage in therapy with students and more commonly they screen children for Special Education. …
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 that …
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 you …
I did it. I did the unthinkable. I had become an apostate. I had written a letter to the church I had dedicated my life to and requested they never contact me again. I told them I was leaving their faith and going on to become a psychologist. To write this letter meant I had …
So I'm taking a quick brake this morning to make some edits to my website. I really like how things are developing. I felt a bit lost as to what to do with my MisterMiceGuy stuff but I think I've been slowly figuring it out. MisterMiceGuy is definetly not finished and more will be coming …
It's funny how when you look back in time it seems as though all that has happened has happened in the blink of an eye. It was just 5 or 6 years ago when I officially escaped the high control religion that I was born into. My life was totally different then. I thought I …
I'm planning on using my website as my personal website in addition to MisterMiceGuy so I now have two domain names. Both http://www.ryandavidtuttle.com and http://www.mistermiceguy.com will now be linked to this site. http://www.ryandavidtuttle.com will be the websites primary address.
Hey its MisterMiceGuy here! Things are really moving foward in my life and I haven't been focusing on my online content very much the last month or so. Right now I am working on moving so I can start school in the fall. I am also working on doing a bit of rebranding. Unfortunately I …
