I don't get it........
I wasn't in a program either, so I had to ask my step daughter about being on "spoon". At PV, kids only get to use a spoon when there's a concern the patient might do some self harm, like cutting. Kids on this level of observation also aren't allowed to use ballpoint pens, either, only felt markers. It seems to be more of a punishment at PV for not "getting with the program". All my step daughter's letters were in marker, except for a level raise that lasted one week, then she was part of an
insurrection against staff, a mass questioning of the program that led to serious reprisals against the rebels. I guess that kind of disobedience is the worst threat to a BM program like PV.
I was so proud. What kind of sick society wants to program kids to blind obedience through violence, meds, and the Orwellian "1+1=3"-style of breaking their minds? My step daughter didn't belong in PV and she was
aware of that, and she wouldn't cave in despite six months of seclusion, medical neglect, poor nutrition and over medication.
You can't fix what isn't broken, but PV did damage to her through "therapy" that will last a lifetime. I get glimpses of it, even though she tries to put the PV time behind her. She seems terrified of being alone, a result of being isolated, I guess.