On 2006-01-20 14:19:00, Anonymous wrote:
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On 2006-01-19 16:07:00, Anonymous wrote: It's just I'm glad I never had this kind of distorted, black psychology forced upon me in KHK. "
Believe me, the logo was the least of the "distorted, black psychology" that was forced on us in Straight. I bet KHK had plenty of their own, too, without the logo."
From what I can tell, the only difference between KHK and Straight was the severity and frequency of physical abuse. I can remember staff members coming back from visits to Straight in Milford and telling us how good we had it, how lucky we were that our parents had not decided to put us in Straight. They would describe in detail the abused kids they'd witnessed, how this one had a bandage on his nose and that one had a broken arm. They portrayed Straight as an uncompromising and brutal environment, where copping out could get one a black eye or a bloody nose and where unmotivated arms were never tolerated for a second.
They used Straight as a tool with which to frighten us into submission. We were always just a step away from being "court ordered" there. I used to picture it as the darkest of all possible worlds, a place where escape was all but impossible and rebellion was met with unspeakable punishment.
Discovering years later that the counselors at KHK were not exaggerating has been enlightening to say the least. This is not to say that no physical abuse occurred in KHK. And the psychological abuse was definitely on par with Straight. But I can't imagine having physical pain added to that excruciating regimen of mind control. Many of you are much tougher than I?ll ever be.
