I left the Jehovah’s Witnesses and made up my own rules for life – as a BDSM model | Ariel Anderssen

Giving up on eternal life made me realise I had one chance to achieve something meaningful. For me, that was a submission of a different kind

Are you the people who don't have blood transfusions?" was the first thing most people asked if any of us mentioned our religion. We weren't supposed to say yes", because we weren't meant to allow our faith to be defined by what we didn't do. We were supposed to emphasise the positives, such as the promise of eternal life on Earth.

But the inconvenient fact was that we weren't allowed blood transfusions. Furthermore, we were known for not celebrating Christmas, Easter or birthdays, for not being allowed into school assemblies, and for knocking on people's doors to evangelise to them at weekends.

Ariel Anderssen is a BDSM model and author of Playing to Lose - How a Jehovah's Witness Became a Submissive BDSM Model

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