Peninsula Village

[Anonymous]

i also have many tattoos for someone who makes twain references
its an odd world,

[Anonymous]

i really don't think i saw anyone  try to elope, i.e. run for the bushes even
we all knew we were not going anywhere and they keep you in STU for so long by the time you got to the cabins you were cowed and broken down, in STU there was  no way out, and in the cabins giant scary abuser staff is never more then a few feet from you,
also we were not in PV for life and by the time you got to the cabins you were pretty much a broken down prisoner and wanted to please your family because you were so bad and horrible and all that
again i don't think i  saw anyone run for the bushes, which would be a legal reason to restrain someone, I also never saw anyone try to hurt themselves or someone else with one of the work tools
restraining happened almost always to someone sitting on the ground crying

[Che Gookin]

Who cares if they try to Elope? They are in the middle of Tennesse.. Where are they going to go? Restraining someone for that purpose is bullshit. Just follow them until they decide to turn around and come back on their own.

What these clods don't understand is the following:

1) Everytime you lay your hands on someone, or more commonly known as restraining a person, you take the chance of killing them or injuring them.

2) If you have to restrain someone you have to be sure the risk of death or injury to the restrained party is consistent with their actions. If they are walking away into the woods that isn't a real reason.. What harm do they present to anyone? What harm do they present to themselves?

God damn thugs is what they are..

[Anonymous]

you know as i am also almost still in the middle of TN
i am going to stop this now
it is actually pretty dumb
i don't think i'm paranoid to think something might come after me
in some form or another, nasty letters places even, shouldn't give them ideas.  some of these people are pretty horrible, they got stuff on me too, although confidentiality should pretty much protect me, I guess, anyway enough of this
when your neck deep in it still somewhat, and also i think i hit an age where you to start actually deal with it,  i think i've been doing this without being as careful as I know i should be
a lot of these people would kill someone for fun if they could get away with it and the other half for money, and all would use prejudice as an excuse
i think i wrote all this because I'm still dealing with it
 I hope it did some good.  
all PV survivors and everyone else be careful and be good to yourselves, don’t believe any of the crap, your worth as much as anyone, think about getting to a better happier future rather then focusing on the past, everyone in PV was very young, The past is over and the future is much longer, this is one of the most horrible things about PV, how it makes the kids feel like their lives are over and prepares them for college or adult life not at all, colleges really don't want you if you list being in what looks like an institution, PV does nothing but beat their trauma into the teens and keep them out of school.
sorry i was rude threesprings,
i’ve been looking for a better job, i dress well and can type and all,
i have some interviews, i think i might have to just take night and online classes and work a 9-5 but at least i can maybe make enough money to be safer.  I will write back as to how successful the interview went so as to help other survivors find better jobs.

[Che Gookin]

Keep your answers short during your interview, but not painfully short.

They probably have to interview half the planet that day and it isn't likely they want a chatty Kathy wasting their time.



Clarity.. don't mumble.

Read their website prior to the interview and cull it for buzzwords. Knowing the jargon of your target company can help you stand out more amongst the other interviewees.

Good eye contact..

Firm handshake..

wear deoderant... Seriously... I know a guy who lost a chance at a good job because he had to go up 10 flights of stairs to do his interview and he had an interviewer with some mutant nose that could smell the slightest scent.

and of course you must say the special interview prayer. It goes as follows:


"Dear god.. help me get this here job cause I gotta move out of my parents house!"

"Amen!"


These interview tips were given to me by my uncle who ran a large farm in the middle of Washington state for many a years. He had to do interviews every week and gave me some pointers that were quite useful. Using them I normally have about a 50/50 chance at getting a job that I want.

The hint to getting a better job is the number of interviews you do. Just 1 or 2 ain't gonna cut it in this economy.

[stoodoodog]

The thinking is that if a committed person is trying to run, he/she is participating in an action that is a "danger to themself". This is a fundamental tenant of the psych facility ethos. This why psych units can hold people against their will in the first place. Unfortunately, no, you don't have to be court ordered to be held against your will. There needs to be some "probable cause" that you could be in jeopardy, or immediately need emergency level services. This translates to a world where you can call the cops on your wife/husband/stranger and report that they pose a risk to themselves or others and if the cops think that there is any kernel of truth to this, they can bring you to a psych unit. Once there the Dr. will decide if you need further ob/intervention. At this point, you can challenge the Dr.'s decision. If a judge orders that you can not be kept against your will because you are mentally stable enough to leave you can go, or he can "court order" you to remain.

If you are under 18, and brought by any means to a hosp. you don’t have the guaranteed right to challenge their view that you should be locked away.

...and we'll challenge that.  No doctor or court ordered my step daughter into PV, only her father did.  In the end, it was decided the placement "should have never happened".  

My step daughter was restrained for trying to run toward her mother as she left the facility.  Define the risk, other than my wife possibly following instinct and taking her away - she wanted to, while the restraint was going on, but she ran the risk of being restrained as well.  

If it's all so legal, why did the PV staff freak out when my wife photographed the improper (non-TCI) restraint?

Sorry, I'm not buying the "elopement = self-harm" bit, that's stretching in an attempt to make the law fit.

If you can get your lawyers to challenge that good for you.

But as the law is currently engaged, RTC's and psych wards have the right to restrain patients who try to escape. I don't favor this law, but I speak as someone who's been in a # of psych wards until I had myself emancipated, and have experienced this in all of them.

A parent puts u in a psych ward, the drs. there decide that u need to be there, and there u stay unless u can get a court order allowing you to leave. If the facility advertises itself as a "boarding school" then there is more of a base for a rights violation case. Did a Dr at PV say that she needed to stay, or did a non accredited counselor say she needed to stay? Did her Dad say he wanted her there?

All these thing will count against or for you in what is, at best, a legal grey area.

ummm... yeah because we have a team of lawyers...WE GOT THEM WORKING IN SHIFTS!!!!

[Anonymous]

i know i said i would stop but i thought of something
teens are not adults, i know that sounds obvious but hell it hit me like an epiphany, probably because every one has been beating it into me for so long that they are.
but teens are not adults,
my mother, who I  have decided is the right arm of Satan, or more accurately a spoiled, stupid sorry but the woman is not that bright, amazingly self  centered person who wants to take absolutely no "responsibility" or guilt on her self for anything that happens because it makes her feel less then perfect and happy
my mother is fond of saying things like " 14 going on 30"
this is bullshit, there is no 14 going on 30
30 year olds have a frame of reference based on 26, 27, 28, and 29
14 year olds have a frame of reference based on 12, and 13
a lot of the kids in PV are so young as to barely be in their teens
teens are still kids,
we are not talking about 25 year olds, these are not adults

i remember being an early teen
i was completely innocent, I had no idea, how can you?
you are not born knowing this stuff.
kids are kids, they think people are nice for the most part
they have no idea, they are innocent, I was a nice little human who was trusting and kind to people and had no idea how dangerous life can be.
i had an ok life except for the parental bull shit, i.e. dad was unfaithful and mom was trying to kill somebody over it
anyway to make a long story short, kids are innocent because they are children and they have no frame of reference for and know nothing about the dangers of the adult world
also they are simply goofy trusting kids.  
A 25 year old is an adult, a 14 year old is sure as hell not!

[Anonymous]

i got a call back for the one job in sales and PR, so I'm feeling positive about the search
I just hope its not something dumb like selling knives door to door, I actually went to that job interview, they also wanted you to pay 300.00 for the knives you were selling door to door, it was like AVON only with kitchen knives.  "Hello, would you like to kill me I brought the knives?"
or the insurance sales where they want you to give them two thousand dollars to certify you and were not happy when I said "why not get the certification and training at the community college for 200.00 dollars?"
I also went to a door to door herbal supplement sales interview, I am really just hopeing that this is a real job!  
it is funny, as soon as I got in the interview my mouth and lips felt painfully dry and i kept trying to moisten them without the interviewer noticing,  of course i get out of the interview and it goes away.

I go to school with a bunch of people in their late teens too and i think 21 is a decent date to say someone qualifies as a full fledged adult.  
A 19 year old is of course far more capable of functioning in the world, and a lot closer to being an adult then a younger teen but the late teens are still pretty young and in a learning process.  
A late teen coming out of an insanely abusive program like PV is likely to have problems because they are still pretty immature and they were just abused and brainwashed horrifically in a prison camp, i say this in the context of Abigail’s situation, in general if places like the one where she was working must be legal then at least make the age to work in one 21 and make sure this is enforced.

[Anonymous]

i have a couple good interviews lined up, i have an interview as a receptionist on Monday
i already went to the one and it seemed like a real sales PR job, they didn't go into the catch at least in interview 1!
i'm not joking about the knife sales or the insurance or the vitamins
they all want you to pay upfront for stuff as well.  i've been to others of the same sort those were just the most memorable, they seem to clog up Monster under the entry level sales customer service positions,
maybe i could sell cars part time?

[Anonymous]

Mad migration of PV staff happening right about now.

It does appear as though PV recently lost one of their long term clinical directors from that latest edition of the Voice...

i know someone usually post this but I didn't see it here yet

http://www.peninsulavillage.org/Village ... 202008.pdf

http://www.peninsulavillage.org/pv-video1.cfm

[Anonymous]

http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?p=304335#304335

[Anonymous]

Hey FreePV...

Why the hell do you make multiple posts when one long one will suffice?


It's obnoxious, cut it out.

[stoodoodog]

This was posted on the facility Q and A forum PV thread recently.

As a resident of P-village for 6 months I believe i can add some value to this discussion. When i was there (i think around 2002?) my entire experiance was located in the STU. Through my experiance here I saw many different things and had many different experiances. I would say that the things that struck me most were the staff. Especially one man...Who i can't remember his name had something out for everyone in the unit. He's persistance in calling us 'passive aggresive' led for a interesting half a year. I can assure you that most of the staff their were not properly trained and most probably didn't even care for us (night staff laughed and talked loudly with the lights on at night).

My first experiance there after all the intake procedures was the bed making. At STU you are required to make your bed in 2 minutes...with flat sheet fitted shit pillow case ext....all with perfect corners. My first attempt I believed lasted about 5 minutes....after which a staff member through my sheets everywhere around the unit and made me go again...until i was finished.

Other basic needs were also withheld...You couldn't go outside for at least 6 weeks....You were not allowed to look out the windows (shades were closed anyways)....talking was not allowed...after your bed was made you had to sit cross legged on your bed (well mattress was pushed up...u lived in a cubby). And could not move.  In order to ask questions you must raise your hand and ask may i approach the box? which was this little taped off box in the middle of hte room. If they said yes you go to it and ask your question.

If per chance you said soomething out of turn...Or spoke without permission the entire group would have to stand up and look at the clock for 10 minutes...or more if someone moved.

Peninisula village was the worst 6 months of my life...no outside contact and you parents couldn't believe you because they were told you would say things like you wanted to say....It was like from a movie...

I can say now that i am a sucessful student...about to graduate college and in no way did P-village help me....It is buried in my mind...


If anyone has any question feel free to ask

[ZenAgent]

I found this on MySpace...he's already gone, unfortunately.

The End Of Life As We Know It ...
Well all ya'll pplz that read this im going to the Mental Hospital or A.K.A. Behavioral Health Care System ill be gone at least a week thay say i mite be in there for a year because im a danger to others and myself the Crisis Response Team is on the way to pick me up so i guess ill see ya'll when i get out whenever that maybe one of the places im going is called "Peninsula Village" and SuperWoman i love you and ill miss you the most of all your my soulmate hun id never been able to get up the Spiritual Strength to do this and get help without your help and love you my reason to change whom i was and the reason to life is all you i hope when i get out i can just put everything a side and run to you with open arms i love you and will miss you very dearly hun

[Anonymous]

WHAT ACCOUNT, Zen?

Contact his friends -- NOW. They might be able to get you in touch with his parents.

Also, if he was affected by the mass Myspace phish Anonymous can log in as him and maybe get enough info to work with.

It's not over until Anonymous says it is over.