Wow. How many of these places are there? I went to Vista Magna Utah 2010-2011 and it sounds like the exact same program. Thank you for sharing your story and being part of raising awareness to get these places shut down perminately. I cannot believe these places are still allowed to exsist.

I have spent 7-8 years in lots of different "programs" and some are good and some are bad. They will ALL claim to be amazing. They are going to make everyone suffer enough to keep donations coming in. If they claim to be a "Therapeutic Community" RUN! TC communities are full of manipulative tactics and do more harm than good....In my opinion.

I see you survivor

I worked at sra for a very short time and saw some of the things you discribe first hand. I was fired because I tried to speak out and because I cared more about the girls then the program. I believe your incredible for speaking out and I keep you young women in my prayers.

Please call your senators and tell them to support the S.1351 - Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act. This is the only way to stop it

Wow I’m so sorry about everything all these teens went through including you. I never went to one of these evil places, but me and my mom (who is a real therapist) are a part of the team to shut evil places like troubled teen schools down. Your so brave and amazing for sharing your story. Thanks for inspiring others to share there stories to.

I believe you. I love you. Thank you for sharing your story.

I was there in 2021. thanks for sharing, it shows how things really dont change a whole lot in that amount of time. they use a lot of the same tactics, but a diff approach probably to make it seem less aggressive to parents. luckily, this place sent me into full on mania, and i scared them enough to never speak to me or my parents again. i was in a random hospital and they had no clue where i even was!! it was the best day of my life tho f spring ridge

How can these facilities keep these people when they are legal adults? Why isn't this considered false imprisonment?

Isn’t it like super expensive too

Hi Was there any solitary confinement?

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i was 12 when my Mom started locking ME up.. i was trapped in a BootCamp for 15 MONTHS, & when my 16th Birthday rolled around, my Mom said "Happy Sweet 16, i burnt ALL of YOUR stuff".. (she burnt the house down, & she LAUGHED about it) she CLAIMED that we'd getta hotel, & have a party, since i was out on pass, for the 1st time ever, & we even WENT to the hotel, & everything.. BUT, THEN.. while i was gazing out the window, looking down at the pool, & thinking about seeing all of my friends again, & she just up & goes "NOPE.. nahhh.. yeah, i think we'll just go to my BoyFriend's TRAILER PARK, where it's 20-30 MILES away from ALL the friends.. 😞 I WAS DEVISTATED.. & now that she's no longer with us, the Wicked StepSisters are LITERALLY trying to take my house AWAY from ME, FOR their Dad.. but, this is MY HOUSE, & i aint going NOWHERE!!! (i'm so envious of Cinderella, for ONLY having TWO of them 🙄) i aint got the options every1else has, & i was never even given a chance.. don't NONE of them have ANY IDEA what all my curious older Brother put me thru.. before i was even able to DEVELOPE, (there was a reason i was acting out.. & having a YOUNGER Brother that'd BULLY me, over the symptoms, of nightmares, bedwetting, & running away.. i was just looking for somewhere i could sleep WITHOUT being VIOLATED in the middle of the night) i had my innocence STOLEN from me.. (him spending "LIFE" on the "SO list" really DOESN'T make me feel any better) .. the nightmares NEVER stop.. i've been screaming out for the U-Tubes to hear my story, & allow me to share it, so that OTHERS can LEARN from it TOO.. being ruined as an adult, i don't think i'm good for anything else.. i'm JUST out here as "a WARNING for OTHERS".. i already KNOW that it's too late for ME.. (i'm at that age where don't no1 wanna hear it anymore/they all think i should b over it by now) .. but.. the nightmares NEVER stop.. & even with a Hubby & our Daughter, who's no longer a CHILD.. i STILL feel as-tho i am utterly ALONE.. wanna know the reason WHY none of them care? it's cuz my past lead me down a life a addictions, & even-tho i haven't done such things, in like a DECADE, they STILL sit there telling THEMSELVES "once an addict, ALWAYS an addict".. they talk about me behind my back, & they come up with some image of a lying thief that CAN'T b trusted.. even-tho i've always just been the 1 that they'd just BLAME everything on.. 😒thinking back to it NOW.. maybe the friendship they exposed to me, was more along the lines of "recon" all along.. 🤔 .. maybe they were out to sabotage me, right from the start.. i mean.. a soon as my Mom got with her Boyfriend, she started locking up us 1st 3 kids, JUST to keep track of us, WITHOUT having to take care of us.. (i gained so much weight in there, ppl called me "Chunkenstein") they have no idea how different our childhoods ACTUALLY were.. 😳 cuz BELIEVE U ME, there WAS a reason WHY my Mom left our Dad.. he was such a violently vicious abusive drunk. he even wound up in prison, for beating his Fiance to death. (no joke.. it was even in the papers.. & my older Brother really IS on the "list," for LIFE) i am broken.. i'm sooo broken.. it's been getting harder & harder, to find a reason to smile.. that's why i buy peanuts.. i get joy outta feeding the squirrels & what not, right here at my door.. i figured it might b a good idea to try & spread alil "wholesome" across the platform.. but.. FOR SOME REASON.. U-Tube likes to keep us hidden.. (don't no1 even KNOW that WE exist 🐿) .. sometimes i get to thinking that maybe my story just ISN'T that interesting.. maybe THAT'S why i'm so UNknown to the world.. 🤷🏼‍♀ .. U-Tube would rather promote the cringe & the controversial, & then here I AM, trying to b clever, witty, & wise.. 🤦🏼‍♀ is my trying to start a path to something "good" NOT something "that's GOOD"? where i was, (at "Boy's & Girl's Republic) they made us run & walk so much, that i got my 1st set of sin-splints, in my 15 MONTHS of being there.. my Dr said the MRI now shows where my ligament have been torn & frayed for YEARS.. i now can't even run ahalfa block, without bustin all the ligaments, that are holding my muscle onto my bones, & landing myself in a good week & a half of PAIN, anytime i even so much as move my ankle.. (i'm ruined as an adult, & the nightmares NEVER stop) i can relate to Danielle Bregoli.. y'all don't even know.. in fact.. MY NAME was almost even Danielle.. 💁‍♀ if only i woulda been born 1st.. (my Brother "Daniel" came 1st tho) my Mom thru me in the institution a couple times, se thru me in BootCamp (BGR was JUST LIKE Turn About Ranch) & she thru me in the YouthHome, on 8 different occasions.. se didn't wanna b a Mom to us 1st 3, kids, once she got away from our Dad.. (she loved the StepKids so much MORE, that she locked US other 3 OUTSIDE to sleep, so that THEY can have OUR beds) .. the stuff my "OLDER Brother" put me thru, was unthinkable.. (the nightmares NEVER stop) i'm a ruined person now.. all the things of my past, STILL haunt me TODAY.. (& then U-Tube deletes my comments, so that no1else KNOWS where bad decisions can lead a person 🙄) but, i feel like i GOTTA let ppl know about the warnings.. that older Brother of mine.. his MULTIPLE offenses has landed him LIFE on the "SO list".. & locking ME up AGAIN, aint gonna make me wanna wake up anymore than i already DON'T!! (i've thought about reaching out to Dr Phil on MANY occasion/i bet i got stories that could make that man cry)

i JUST went & bought a poster board, for MY OWN picture.. (i was stuck in 1 for 19 MONTHS)

Thank you for sharing your story because it helped keep my son safe and out of a place where he would be harmed instead of helped. Your story, along with studying, my eyes have been opened. #BreakingCodeSilence

that’s crazy i went to blue ridge and spring ridge. just graduated SRA 3 weeks ago.

YOOO me too! These places were so messed up and it's honestly so odd how similar they all are even though when I would play against other schools (I went to Hyde and graduated, and I played against Elan) it took the "confrontation" for me to even realize... Anyway I see you and I hope you know even though these places told us in our formative years we are "messed up" we are honestly the most beautiful and resilient and talented people of all out there and our hearts are so full of perseverance and genuine honesty.

I so hate you went through this. Was there a girl there named Jennifer Crawford by chance? She went by Jen. When we were younger we were together and her parents sent her to a boarding school (they wouldn’t tell us the name of it or where it was) and then I never saw or heard from her again. I’m still trying to find her but haven’t had any luck at all.

I didn’t realize how common keeping girls after 18 was they did it to a few girls at mine it was crazy to me even when I was there but obviously could never show my confusion on the subject

Thank you so much for speaking out about this. I have not gone to any of these camps and I thank God for that, but I am educating myself about these camps and hopefully making discussion with others to spread the word. You are so strong and so loved. Never forget that.

The girl programs are inevitably worse. For a variety of reasons. But you don't really hear about the dude side of these programs. Peninsula Village, Tennessee, year 2001. Hawk clan.

I'm so sorry you went through this ❤️

Over in the UK I'm actually so disgusted that the authorities are allowing this to continue and not shutting it down!

Damn . Rewatching this , makes me realize how lucky I am . My parents got me real therapy as soon as something odd popped up . I was involved the whole time . I am sad that this exists. I am disgusted .

Wonder how many perceived threats after "speaking out"

Pavlovian clinical trials

It's just a big criminal enterprise with many irons in the fire

They break so many laws

I have someone close to me who is a SRA survivor. She is looking for more informortion and more testemonies. Is there a way I could come in contact with you?

SRA..is a synonym for Satanic Ritual Abuse..who owns this place? Satan i assume..crazy..BOSTON🍀

Do you think a therapeutic boarding school can be good for adolescents struggling with trauma or substance abuse? What would have benefitted you more appropriately? I am trying to come up with a evidence based model of a therapeutic boarding school which may actually be helpful.

I have a loaded question. What can we do as a group of abused powerless individuals to support each others to heal? How can you heal when the system that claims the power of healing is the problem?

You are very brave. You are on point. I admire you confronting these powerful forces of sanctioned kidnapping, abuse and torture. You matter. You are awesome. There are many like us. You are important. Raise your voice and let everyone hear our song.

Me too. Excelsior youth center in aurora CO

This makes me so sick...i am so sorry for all of the trauma you had to go through and for every other person that has gone through this...i worked at a residential treatment facility for troubled teens and/or foster children and it was the complete opposite of this! So it does make me feel good that there are good places out there...but imagining this happening since i have been in a setting with teens like this enrages me...if there is anything i can do to help please let me know! THIS NEEDS TO STOP! There are kids going through this right now! I feel so sick...i dont even know you but i am proud of you for speaking up! Please know your worth you are amazing and never deserved this❤

I totally hear you .I've experienced, all that unfortunately. I'm gonna do a video soon. There's got to be some kind of law against forging letters in your name

Tyranicle insidious sycopathy fraud assault false imprisonment cruel and unusual treatment of a minor ECT ect

I am 40 and have been to these places and just now wrapping my head around it. My mom was a narcissistic alcoholic though and I didn’t do a program like everyone else. I was there the longest then sent other places. She didn’t want me home so it was even easier for them to abuse me. My dad finally got me out but it was too late. I am still traumatized and pissed off

Wow, I’m sorry you went through that. I’ve been through alot of trauma. And then no one could ever help me or fix me, even though they loved me. I had such anger and rage inside. Just so you know I’m not religious, but Only God has made me a new man, and given me a new heart, a new life. I was even abused in church later when I was a young adult. But God has protected my heart and keep it soft and loving, because he is the one who heals and can protect our heart if we rely on him, call on the name of his one and only son, he is greater than all evil.

When I was around 15 I had to start going to a psychiatrist because I was acting out and skipping classes to be with my friends who made me feel safe as I have PTSD from multiple events as a kid including sexual blackmail and so I didn't feel safe being at school without someone I knew and trusted near me. This psychiatrist my mom got me used to be a relationship counselor for my parents when I was really little and was also a Mormon at the time I had sessions with him. After only a few extremely expensive sessions and being diagnosed with medication that made me feel worse than before (because he misdiagnosed my PTSD with anxiety.) I remember I was telling him about something terribly traumatic that I went through and when I finished the story he pulled my mom into his office without me to tell her something without me knowing. She then stormed out telling him off and we quickly got into the car. In the car, she told me he wanted to send me to one of these troubled teen camps for some reason, she refused because I have an extreme sensitivity disorder and didn't want to just send me away for someone else to deal with and possibly abuse. Looking back now knowing so much about what the industry actually does gives me chills, if my mom had listened to him and thought that sending me away was the only option so much of my life I know today would be gone and replaced with so much more trauma and heartbreak.. to all the survivors that had to go through this hell of an industry, I stand with you, I believe you, you are not alone, you can get through this.

Thank you for sharing your story.

I watched your two videos on the "boarding school" you went to ealier tonight and then was lead to this one. I thought I had a connection with the first two but this one... wow. First, I went to a summer of wilderness survival training in Canada called MWA and then onto the rest of their program at New Horizons Academy (NHA). I don't need to tell you what my life was before, during or after the stint at that school bc I heard echos of my life told thru your videos. Which is why hearing the joy and hope in this one is making me so happy right now. I have very recently been going thru many huge and positive changes in my life. Finally, feel like I'm making forward momentum after all of these years of pain. This has given me a pretty clear path outlining how I can make my life so much better. I was feeling pretty adrift and not knowing what to do to get where I wanted to go. So, thank you for making this :)

Im so sorry you went through that. Thank you for bringing light to it and sharing your story. I hope we can find a way to end these terrible programs

Parents!!!! Please listen to me!!!!! I am a 60 year old woman and attended a place like this when I was 16 for depression and what turned out to be just normal teenage angst and hormonal problems. TO THIS DAY I suffer from the physchological scars from the program. PLEASE do not send your child to a place like this! Find another way.....talk to your child.....let them know they can tell you anything and that together you can figure it out. Nothing is worth the pain your child and ultimately YOU will go through.

Why are these places still around?!!!!!!! This is why....MONEY.

You were diagnosed lol by the doctor and you don’t get a choice when your a child you gave that up fucking around

I am so sorry that this happened to you. I am also sorry for your parents. As a parent, what are we supposed to do to help our kids? What did you need in those hard times? What do you think would have helped you? What could your parents have done to get you help, in order for you to have a healthy life?

Just cuz i was not male for them and trans its hell so i was the first JB all know who i am

Forcibly sending a minor anywhere violates the constitution (it's confinement without due process) but who's going to enforce the law here?