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Casa by the Sea - 1 year later

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4peace:
It's coming up on the one year anniversary of Casa by the Sea being shut down! Anyone from there have anything to say now that they've been free for a year?  I'd love to hear from some of those kids.

Anonymous:
Unfortunately, many of them just got sent to another WWASP facility like Dace's new venture, Darrington Academy.

4peace:
I guess my son was one of the lucky ones, hopefully not the ONLY lucky one who didn't get sent elsewhere.  His dad (who put him in there) drove and brought him home when that hellhole closed up.  Within two weeks, he came to live w/me (his mom) across the country from where Dad lives.
It affects him, I see it in different ways, still.  It's been on his mind lately due to the anniversary coming up.  
I hope some one, even just one other kid, got to go home.

OverLordd:
In what ways does it still affect him?

4peace:
First thing that comes to mind is that he *always* has an escape plan, no matter where he is or what he's doing.  He never was like that before.  He talks semi-often about things such as "if I had to, I could kill someone".  He always has a knife on him, and a big one by his bed, he didn't have the *need* for that before.  I can't come up behind him and hug him, he still jumps and turns around quickly in a really defensive (and scarey) manner, he certainly didn't do this before.  He takes the longest and hottest showers of anyone I've ever known; guess he's still compensating for those 2 min's of cold water.  
How could I forget: he *could NOT* fall asleep after he got out, not without dropping from exhaustion.  His brain would race if he'd lay down. He'd wake up frequently, then not be able to go back to sleep, he'd have horrendous nightmares, reinforcing that he didn't want to go back to sleep.  He's on medication for sleeping now and it's much better.  
This is just some of the stuff I could think of quickly after reading your post.  If I think of more, I'll post them later.

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