Jared answers “This book is disgusting to me. I do not...”

Patricia Barry asked this question about Educated:

This book is disgusting to me. I do not understand why an educated and worldly individual would have difficulty understanding the horrible and violent upbringing that she experienced. It is unbelievable to me that she could not understand the violent situation, yet uneducated upbringing she endured. I have completely misunderstood her manner of education in a life in our country, in this country, how is this possible?

Jared Only someone raised in a closed system of indoctrination based on conditional love can begin to understand the mind-f*** that goes on when that is the…moreOnly someone raised in a closed system of indoctrination based on conditional love can begin to understand the mind-f*** that goes on when that is the only system they were part of their entire life. It often takes many years well past the point where the mind is fully developed (age 26), to even to begin to start peeling back the layers and understand the complexity of shame, guilt & undue influence you had been under for your entire life, and that would be for even a mild mannered system such as healthy mainstream Mormonism. I think it is an absolute miracle that Tara broke out and peeled back the layers as fast and as young as she did from this unhealthy fundamentalist system. Stunning.

Have you ever been in a situation where you would lose the love of your entire family, everything you have known your entire life based on one decision? If not, then you are not in a place to judge the author (less)

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