My name is Rachel W. I live near Kansas City, MO, and was at Rebekah from late July of 2000, until late May of 2001. I was 15-16 years old when I was there; now I am 20. After I left, my mother thought it would be best for me to go somewhere else before I came home, so I could be counseled and and the transition back to society would not be as rough. At the time I got out, I was in a state of emotional shut-down, a coping mechanism that the mind uses when one has gone through severe trauma. After some weeks at the new facility, my counselor (who also became my friend) cautiously told me that I was going through a form of post-traumatic stress syndrome. I was incredulous at first, because if she were right, I would have to find a way to resolve things in my mind. I had no idea where to begin.
The attack on the body was unimportant in comparison to the attack on the mind.
The McNamera's didn't REALLY do the things they did for the sake of money. I believe Bill McNamera has deep-seated mental problems. He needed to have the moral highground at all times; he had to be better. He and his 'helpers' didn't want the righteousness of GOD, they wanted God to proclaim THEM righteous. So he bullied a bunch of screwed-up, female youth that was obviously, to him, always beneath him, then called himself good for stooping low enough to beat us into submission, telling HIMSELF more than us that it was for 'our own good'.
Well, my time's up at the library & I have to get off the computer now.
If anyone knows how to find Brittany Campbell, please post.
R.
