Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Lighthouse of northwest florida (fka VCA )/ Rebekah / Roloff )
Rachel's VCA Experience.
Anonymous:
I remember the truth. I remember wishing to die every night before I went to sleep and cursing god when I heard the groggy "light's on!" in the morning.
VCA is a place I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. AND THAT is the truth.
Anonymous:
I guess what I am trying to understand is why did they say so many horrible things and do so many horrible things when you were there but when I was there these things did not go on. Yes it was not fun at all I agree with that but pulling you out of bed by your hair? Thats just so hard to believe. I spent my first 3 weeks in the get rite room but they still brought me a bed in at nite. I was always in trouble but never was I pulled pushed or hit. Put on the spot and ridiculed yes, that was daily but I have a hard time calling that abuse.
bothhands:
Thank you for sharing your story. It brought back a lot of validation for me and my memories of what it was like there. I needed that...
cleveland:
Rae, you write beautifully about your experience. I stumbled upon this post, actually I was at another program, called the Seed, in the late 70s. I left and 20 years later, started reading and posting here. Your experience differed from mine in that the Seed had no Christian theme, and was perhaps a bit less abusive, especially when I was there BUT - the shame, humiliation, control issues are the same.
Have you seen the movie about the Magdelen houses they ran in Ireland for unwed mothers? It's all the same - shame, control, and abuse, all in the name of love.
Take care, keep writing.
bothhands:
I remember the truth too. It was an abusive situation. They didn't hit or kick or ridicule everybody, but there was the constant threat of ridicule and humiliation. There was constant control. I remember thinking that they could change the date, time whatever and tell us whatever and we would have to believe them because we had no real grasp on anything happening in the outside world. It was emotionally abusive, really.
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