Surviving A Therapeutic Boarding School Cult: Breaking Code Silence In The Troubled Teen Industry

[@jesserips5118]

I went to SRA at the same time as Molly did and was in the same groups as her every day. Every single thing she says here is TRUE. I exprienced it, I witnessed it and the pain we all feel is Real and Valid. Please do NOT send your child to a "theraputic boarding school." And if you can join our fight to shut these places down, please help in any way that you can.

[@mollydickin1325]

I see you my fellow SRA survivor. Your experiences are valid. Your trauma is valid. These places change us and not in the way of "helping us heal" like they claim to. The humiliation and abuse has gone on for far too long. Thank you for helping to shed light and validate my truth and the truth of so many others like us whose words were taken away from us for so long♥️♥️♥️

[@mermaidzoephiahart]

How can I help get these horrible places abolished

[@nbbrucey]

@@mermaidzoephiahart join breaking code silence or the troubled teen Reddit. Opportunities there.

[@scarlettbutler2873]

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.

[@claireconnor1695]

youre telling me i have 40 more years of this😭😭

[@shannondoyle1615]

I went to SRA in 2009 and this brought up so much that I had purposely forgotten. Thank you for being so honest & forthcoming!

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you for reaching out. I see you my fellow SRA survivor♥️I am still continuing to remember stuff from that time that I had blocked out

[@billypartin8211]

How the hell did so many of these places get away with this?

[@taylorsynold633]

Jeannie Courtney gaslit me for two years. Told me I would never get better. I still have nightmares about the “feedback groups”

[@mollydickin1325]

I am so sorry that you had to go through that as well. I see you my fellow SRA survivor❤️

[@keeleyyyyyy]

I see you survivor. I’m an SRA survivor as well 2007-2009. Sending you so much love. Thank you for being so brave and for speaking out for us all.

[@mollydickin1325]

I see you survivor♥️ Sending you so much love and support!

[@serenityrhea]

Another SRA survivor here; attended 2003-2005. Thank you for speaking out.

[@mollydickin1325]

I see you my fellow survivor♥️

[@emmaberkowitz823]

I went to a therapeutic boarding school not SRA but this is SPOT ON... holy crap

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you for reaching out and I see you my fellow survivor♥️ It's definitely heavy stuff and I'm still remembering stuff more and more each day about the abuse and harassment that occurred there. It's so insane that the people running these programs normalize these levels of violation! I'm so glad that we are finally able to expose these places for what they are, which is far from the healing treatment they claim to provide!

[@veggiemonkie5041]

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.

[@clarileonard2544]

i just recently went to SRA and i also ran from the program for similar reasons and i just wanted to say that you are so incredibly strong for putting up this video and enduring this program. i wish you all the healing that is possible from this and i wish you all the happiness and health that i can

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you so much for reaching out. I am so sorry you had to go through what SRA puts people through. I see you my fellow survivor♥️

[@oliviaroseink]

Didn’t go to the same place, but a very similar one in rural Utah in 2002. It’s horrifying how much these stories ring true, and the tactics used by these places are exactly the same. I am in my 30’s and still struggle with the trauma from being held captive.

[@maisymorehead3226]

Molly, I didn't know you well at SRA but I'm happy to see you speaking out. Stay strong.

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you so much! I see you survivor♥️

[@Sarakate601]

I didn’t go to SRA but.. When I was a kid I was prescribed Lexapro and Xanax... XANAX at freaking 12 years old!! And I HATED taking them because they made me feel weird also. Thing IS.. that I was “diagnosed” with depression and anxiety but I was NEVER examined. My MOTHER who was just simply unable to deal with a moody teenage girl going through puberty.. found a psych and called them, TOLD THEM I was this this and that.. I went there for LITERALLY 2 minutes.. long enough for them to write and hand the scripts to me.. then left and had to take these things multiple times a day (the Xanax) I still can’t believe this psych took my mothers word and gave me STRONG meds without even speaking to me.

[@lsmmoore1]

Really, they should write the ethics code so that psychiatrists can lose their license for prescribing things like this, without actually diagnosing someone.

[@liannesegar8186]

Survivor of SRA also. This video is helping prevent what happened to us from happening to other children. Thank you for your bravery. Sending you so much love

[@mollydickin1325]

I see you my fellow survivor💗💗 thank you for connecting

[@lolapierson6262]

You are SO unbelievably strong. Thank you for opening up and sharing your story. I would LOVE to help shut these places down and help in any way i can. Just let me know what i can do and i will do it. Stay strong!!

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you so much for taking the time to hear my story and for reaching out! I think educating people is huge, as so many people are sent to these places yet it's only just being talked about, so continuing the dialogue going now that we are shedding light on these issues can help so many people♥️ Feel free to share this video with anyone if you would like. I realized after I finished this video that there is a lot I didn't include, so I think I may make a part two that goes more in depth♥️

[@lambkel]

I went to SRA 1998-1999. I see you survivor.

[@mollydickin1325]

I see you my fellow survivor❤️

[@betsye.5006]

Thank you so much for speaking the worlds we all feel but are still too scared to say

[@mollydickin1325]

I see you my fellow survivor♥️It's stuff that's scary to say and can be hard to put into words so I'm trying my best to help with #breakingcodesilence so that future teenagers don't have to become survivors due to the abuse of these so called "treatment places"

[@angelwatching1921]

Amen Sisters 🙏💙🦋 #TimesUp #BreakingCodeSilence

[@levidinkin3549]

Hey we talked, thanks for making a video on this. I still have PTSD, it’s hard to talk about or even look at most of the time 😔 they deprived me of sleep for 72 hours once Thanks for having the courage to speak out about this, it’s just hard for a lot of us including me Thank you so much 💓 xx

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you for connecting. I’m so sorry you went through that. I’m here for you and I see you my fellow survivor❤️

[@angelwatching1921]

They also deprived me of sleep. They glued a whole bunch of wires to my head and forced me to stay awake for two days. My brain was not even developed yet! What do they think they’re doing? I was terrified. I still have nightmares

[@acedcoffee6934]

Girl, I was shocked to know you went there like a few years ago. My heart goes out to all the survivors, you're so strong to have gone through that and deal with these physical and mental effects as consequences. I really hope you're taking time to heal and resolve trauma, it also just really shows how mastered their techniques were when pressing on your grandpa situation and *making you stay after 18* omg that was unbelievable. Alright, hugs, all the best! It's not your shame.

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you so much for taking the time to hear my story❤️❤️

[@michellead7492]

I went to SRA also, around 2003. Thank you for sharing your experience 💛 I’m not brave enough like you to post a video. You are very strong.

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you so much for connecting. I see you my fellow survivor and am sending you so much love and support❤️❤️❤️

[@anni1642]

i just got home from sra after 5 days of neglect there. i’m so fucking glad i got out. i will just say, not all treatment centers are bad, and while a lot of them are abusive and absolutely bs, but there are some good ones. ascend healthcare is a great short term treatment center. please please please vet the place, and believe the reviews.

[@narcissistinjurygiver2932]

if they kept you a prisoner as an adult then that is a crime. must be prosecuted

[@meg659]

Wow! I had no idea about this. I was watching a video about an addiction treatment center and this one popped up. I hope they get shut down!

[@girlfromsouth214]

As a mom, I can only imagine the anguish your parents experience knowing they were duped and willingly sent you to such a destructive place. I hope the strength you show now in being such a well spoken advocate, brings you and them healing. ❤

[@s_e_a_r_c_h]

I see you survivor! I was at Cross Creek Manor for 20 months! Thank you for sharing your story.

[@mermaidzoephiahart]

They're abusive and victim shaming

[@sharonmarsh3514]

1998-2000. I see you survivor

[@mollydickin1325]

I see you my fellow survivor💗💗💗

[@srin4253]

Oh my god I was about to be sent here thank you so much.

[@mollydickin1325]

I’m so glad you weren’t. Nobody deserves to do through the trauma that SRA gives people.

[@emberphoenix674]

I went to a therapeutic boarding school not sra I went to nlanc but it was spot on thank you for sharing your story ❤️

[@Dev_KG]

Thank you Molly. My daughter went to a different TBS and it was awful. So many of the same scenarios. Thank you for being brave and speaking the truth.

[@ciatc4178]

Why on earth would anyone send their child to these institutions? There is more than enough information available on boarding school in general for parents to know these places are awful. Yes parenting can be tough particularly teenage years but your children are a reflection of you, if they are failing it's on you. There desperately needs to be more parental accountability for the victims of these places. "The we didn't know" mantra parents sprout is an unforgivable cop out.

[@Dev_KG]

@@ciatc4178 I truly did not know and believed the educational consultant we engaged to guide us in the process.

[@Dev_KG]

@@ciatc4178 you know nothing of my life or the situation. I have worked very hard to have the place she went to investigates at the state level and have risked much personally in order to support her. Stop taking out your anger on me. I’m one of the parents who DO BELIEVE THEIR CHILD.

[@natashawarden4698]

@@ciatc4178 she probably sent her before the #breakingcodesilence stuff became public knowledge

[@tiaupshaw2367]

I. Am. Speechless.

[@joestem2461]

In my extreme opinion these places are a threat to the nation.

[@mollydickin1325]

I agree. I’m glad that finally people are sharing these stories. These places are dangerous and I’m hoping to be a part of shutting them down for good.

[@darthsidious8596]

Their ties to Presidents Reagan, Bush 41, and Bush 43 are very interesting. I wouldn’t be surprised if these places inspired Guatanamo Bay.

[@sarahcouture24]

Thank you for your brave testimony 💜 you did a great job of describing what it was like at those schools.

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you for taking the time to hear my story❤️

[@JJs_Garage6.2]

They just absuive pricks I went for a few months

[@marialazarczyk2451]

This scares me now because my friend is there now

[@brittanycervantes7355]

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❤

[@miriam3848]

This is so horrible! My heart goes out for you and other victims and survivors of this abuse!

[@michellead7492]

BTW Dead on about about Jeannie’s smiling

[@foreverchained9070]

for real! when she described it i got the same chills i did when i was 14 in challange lol

[@sarahcampbellhunroe3519]

i am currently at spring ridge. thank you.

[@allisynandalleah4313]

Nooooooo😰

[@allisynandalleah4313]

Those people are sick and I hope they see this if your going to let people in your program give them love ❤️

[@BeeLZBeeb]

My heart goes out to you all, so sorry you were put through this trauma. I hope you get justice and healing. Much love, from the uk ⭐️

[@audreydubose9498]

im currently enrolled in SRA. Thank you.

[@mollydickin1325]

I am so sorry to hear that you are at SRA. I hope that you get out as soon as possible and that we can shut SRA and other abusive "schools" down for good. I see you my fellow survivor.

[@sophieosborn3720]

So am I. Currently using this video as a reference for an essay to my parents about me staying home for good. I love you Audrey.

[@clarakelly5084]

@@sophieosborn3720 sophie!!!!!! ahhhhhh i’m home and i’m staying home and i’m like stable and stuff idk man sra made me crazy

[@allisynandalleah4313]

Nooooo pls nooooo

[@angelwatching1921]

Sending love and prayers 🙏💙🦋

[@ZaylaLane]

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.

[@peterpanic8551]

I can not believe this crap is still happening it's completely outrageous

[@hannahscott6604]

I got wrongly prescribed abilify. Abilify. I didn’t even have bipolar!!!!!!

[@hannahscott6604]

I ended up having tics!

[@natashawarden4698]

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

[@zaralobnerold]

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.

[@savannahj6660]

You speak so well! Thank you for sharing your story.

[@allil87]

Thank you for sharing

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you for hearing my story.

[@jworth7203]

You are very brave to have shared this. I hear you, I believe you.

[@scarlettbutler2873]

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

[@claireconnor1695]

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

[@freeflyer151]

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

[@kkxkayla]

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.

[@julianaschlaen2659]

I went to SRA in 2018, HELL

[@mollydickin1325]

I'm so sorry you had to go through hell too. I see you my fellow survivor

[@GGMYasha]

Its working cuz another woman who went to the same schoo paris did nd she came out

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you for reaching out! It is really scary how much goes on in places like this and that they’re still up and running so I’m trying to do what I can to make sure others don’t have to go through it in the future!

[@MommaSunshine333]

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

[@kingofbears6999]

Holy shit, I just watched nexpos vid on this, if this stuff is real, why haven't you take legal action. The act of them holding you against your will beyond 18 is a crime.

[@syklon3938]

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.

[@natashawarden4698]

I'm so sorry you went through this ❤️

[@michelezaccagnini1157]

my girlfriend was sent to spring ridge around the time of the making of this video and i cant do anything about it. I thought it was going to be a good school finally but after seeing this shit all over the internet i just feel really worried

[@dominiquemartello8864]

If possible, convince her parents to get her out. She will return emotionally traumatised if she does not escape.

[@mermaidzoephiahart]

Show her parents this video

[@kathrynrink142]

Contact her parents

[@kathrynrink142]

I went and if you want my contact info I can talk to them my number is+15135322812. It’s very dangerous.

[@ekosovic]

were you able to contact her parents?

[@Matthew_Compton]

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

[@katelynspencer8392]

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 .

[@jesslagooch5291]

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

[@brushstroke7190]

Thank you for sharing your story.

[@madelinelizabeth8]

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

[@fernandinajacobs5621]

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.

[@professorg7387]

We fully support you! 👏💐✨

[@narcissistinjurygiver2932]

how can minors not have the protection of the constitution? it is not legal to imprison people with out trial or access to an attorney

[@angelwatching1921]

Although I did not go to SRA, the facility that I got sent to stripped me of all of my human rights once my parents received a recommendation for me to go to the facility I went to. That’s why Paris is fighting so hard to change the laws Concerning these types of facilities. I went over 20 years ago, and back then, once my parents signed those papers they pretty much Owned me. It sounds like we still have a very long way to go. This is just the beginning of the fight to justice and liberation of abused and exploited adolescence throughout the country.

[@joestem2461]

That's just one more terrifying iriony

[@angelwatching1921]

🙏💙🦋

[@leahmn4056]

I went there as well. The isolation, the feedback group, the trainings, the lack of food to name a few was horrible. I remember when I finally came home I was so “programmed” I didn’t leave my bedroom as I waited for permission. I have journals filled with pages of my data, weeks, months and years at SRA.

[@LelynnsSquirrels]

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

[@abbylove7409]

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

[@accountforbiden7560]

We need to do more than comment

[@candace8549]

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?

[@SamanthaHebert]

Hi I live with my grandparents and was severely struggling in 8th grade and was sent to Wilderness the summer after 8th grade and after wilderness to SRA now known as New Day Rising. If I were in your position I would first send my child to a wilderness program (one that has more positive than negative reviews (BlueFire for example)) then after that treatment depending on how things are at home either to a outpatient program but if necessary an inpatient. However, when picking an inpatient program find one that has more positive than negative reviews from not only parents BUT STUDENTS as well. Often times programs will dismiss the students feelings and manipulate the parents (take SRA for example). Of course every TBS (therapeutic boarding school) will have its abuse allegations but when picking one, make sure to find one that seems to actually be helpful and not create more trauma for the students (you can do this by researching the place and looking at reviews on all different platforms). Hope this helps. Good luck. Have a great day or night.

[@allisynandalleah4313]

I never went to a place like this were you aloud to look in a mirror and motivate yourself?

[@dickhole6293]

Good vid Molly. Much love and comprehend

[@mollydickin1325]

Thank you for taking the time to watch it

[@altarwork]

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.

[@mollydickin1325]

Unfortunately I don’t know a Jen Crawford. What year was this? I was there 2014-2015 but if you know when she was sent away I could ask around to others that went there at a different time than me!

[@michelezaccagnini1157]

If anyone could give me more info ab this place I would be interested

[@khughes9574]

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

[@quiversender7177]

They break so many laws

[@Jsull1988]

What do should a parent do to help a kid when they don’t know how to change behavior.

[@no-nameno-voice1240]

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?

[@yukoncornileus4]

Hi Was there any solitary confinement?

[@nickk5198]

I have the option to go to a program for adults the main thing i need help with is improving social skills among other things i’m 22 any word on adult programs are they just as bad?

[@mollydickin1325]

To be honest, I am not as familiar with adult programs. I think some programs truly can be life changing but if the program uses WWASP techniques, I would be very concerned. I would try to talk to someone who has been to that specific program as well as make sure that you're not giving up any of your rights by checking into a program.

[@ninaeroth]

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?

[@ISeeYouCeduSurvivors]

I see you survivor

[@iloveotessamosfegh2682]

Isn’t it like super expensive too

[@idcyco3623]

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.

[@Sam82631]

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.

[@narcissistinjurygiver2932]

wait. you let them convince you to come back after you were 18 and you went back?

[@lotte2930]

The manipulation and brainwashing at these places is crazy they make u addicted to so many prescriptions and give u no chance to leave it’s harder than u think

[@MondoBeno]

There are 3 ways to solve a problem: 1. SCIENCE-methods based on research, experience, observation, and controlled experiment. 2. RELIGION-belief in a higher power, believe in a set of moral principals. 3. VOODOO (also known as QUACKERY and CULT)-methods not based on any scientific proof, people who claim they can solve problems that qualified experts can't, pressure to believe things that you're not sure are true, pressure not to question what they say/do. A therapist who diagnoses a patient without a proper examination is a quack.

[@dickhole6293]

I no that stuff

[@quiversender7177]

Pavlovian clinical trials

[@LoneWolf-ny5bb]

#Iseeyousurvivor #breakingcodesilence

[@LelynnsSquirrels]

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)

[@liangeller8050]

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

[@kali.whodances709]

Whoever sent you there did it to "deal" with the trouble of teens. How would you have dealt with yourself to help you with "those" issues that caused your parents to place you in such school in the first place?

[@adshille8987]

What are you even trying to say? Are you saying it was for her own good? Idk, how should we deal with troubled teens... Should we get them a licensed therapist? Nah! Let's send them into a cult! That'll fix them!

[@dimitriosglous4156]

So I shouldn’t send my daughter there?

[@graciebelton1780]

Are u Insane nooo

[@dimitriosglous4156]

@@graciebelton1780 I had the chance to talk with the school and they addressed the rumours. They said that they have made sure to have more control over their staff to ensure the safety of all girls. I also did the virtual visiting day and I’ve talked to my daughter. She thinks that even though she doesn’t want to be away from our family she sees how this place can help her deal with her issues. So I think I’m gonna give it a go and I’m gonna check on her every week. If anyone messes with her I’m taking her back home.

[@joeyjoymusic]

@@dimitriosglous4156 my heart is in pain over the thought of you watching this video and still doing such a thing.

[@graciebelton1780]

@@dimitriosglous4156 I think that they are manipulating you, Please don’t do it

[@graciebelton1780]

@@joeyjoymusic I know right, it’s obvious that the school is manipulating her, and I think she knows that, why would you do that after hearing so many story’s 😢