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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Troubled Teen Industry => Topic started by: Anonymous22 on December 23, 2005, 10:34:00 AM
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I also am a survivor of the Family School; for anybody posting before, preaching your "I'm a changed person" and "It saved my life" shit, good for you. Because even far away from the grips of their control, you still let them control you. You are still brainwashed, and you have yet to realize how pissed off you will be when you realize how much your destiny has been messed with. Good for you, that you no longer play the "manipulation" game by feeding into their cult. For anybody to think that what has happened to them, or us, is ok, is obviously so fearful or being different or in the real world, that you still live your life by the philosophies created by a $40,000 tuition.
For anybody thinking they want to send their kids there, or for other survivors who have accepted their torture, I am sorry for your pain and please don't let anybody relive it.
I myself am a double major college graduate, who was recruited to play a college sport, and has since maintained and acheived a very stable and prestigious career. And no this success, is not because of The Family. My own path, was one I finally choose after deciding to prove my own worth after months of being told at The Family that I am "crazy," "damaged goods," and that "I cannot make it in society."
My personal story still was not quite as bad as some others, as I learned quickly upon getting there, (I was also abducted by escorts), that I can not win, unless I played their game. So I played the game, I lied through my teeth, said what was they wanted to hear, and manipulated them. I claimed, because I was forced, that I was an addict, although I never really had even tried drugs before. I claimed that I was a manipulator and a liar, so I could gain more trust and show reform. I agreed that I was "beyond fixing" and that I was a "social reject," because it fed into their philosophy. And when my father finally investigated the emptional and mental torture that went on, he decided to remove me. I was actually told on the day I was to leave by staff members that they wanted me to stay because they beleived my family could murder me. What kind of sick twisted thing to say to somebody. Your family may kill you if you leave. Manipulation? It makes me nauseous to even think about that place and I hope I can be a part of making a difference in changing it. To other survivors, good luck and you are not alone.