Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Mission Mountain School
What I am asking and what I want Answers too..
kerryberry420:
my god this got out of control this has turned into a war between girls each trying to prove that they are right. that wasn't what this was about at all. this was ONLY about trying to make legislature that monitors programs more closely. not just mms, all of them. the "teen help" industry is the fastest growing industry in the country and programs are popping up everywhere, i persoanlly think there should be an agency created just to monitor these programs. not something to get in the way of what they are doing but somehting to make sure that the girls (and boys) come first. sorry i let myself get off of my own topic even, but this was really all i wanted to get across.
katfish:
where ya been??
it's been brutal out here
clairem:
Hello,
I am new to this forum, in fact, I have never joined a chat forum, so this is new and obviously i am a bit late for the conversations. I want to share my perspective. I attened mms from 94-96. When I left, I attended college in helena montana with another former student, Elissa. She and I were extremely close, but there were differences in our experience leaving that school. For those of you that were there when I was, you probably rememeber how "historic" my workcrew was and how hard John was on me. I would also like to clear a misconception--just because I am not okay now with mms is NOT my fault, it has taken me years to figure out what exactly was wrong with me. I entered the school with post-traumatic-stress-disorder from watching my mothers battle and eventual death from cancer. Noone there diagnosed me because they didn't have the knowledge or credentials to. John so misjudged my character that I was forced to make up stories to satify him, and boy do I have many examples still. And I did not leave mms and get "fucked up." I was an active participant of AA for three years and strictly lived by my aftercare plan until my depression became so severe I had to take a good look at my life or I was going to do something drastic. I am not an alcoholic. I have been drinking moderately and normally for six years now and have no interest in smoking cigarettes or pot. THe point I want to make is this. Yes, some girls did have good experiences there, there were favorites, and sarah dear, you were one of them because you are so "available' and loveable. I was so emotionally disturbed, they did not have the training to know exactly what was wrong with me and ended up doing far more damage than good--and this is not just opinion, this is coming from my years with Phd therapists, psychics..you name it. They need to be regulated--especially when dealing with severe problems. My therapist asked me if I would be interested in a law suit...I don't think that is what I need to do right now...I am tired of living in the nightmares and pain of what was done. And calling someone a disgusting person IS abuse...allowing a young girl to be in below zero wheather...after I begged at Johns window to come in just to get warm and being denied...IS abuse. there are facts here...separate from any opinion. ANyway, I hope someone reads this. do email me personally if you would like. clairek@bellaboutique.biz
peace.
hugakid:
Welcome! You have a lot of support here!!!! No doubt about that. ::drummer:: :wave:
Please, do not pay attention to those who will try to praise MMS, even when they hear how sad some of these girls' stories are.
They'll read your story, as sad as it is, and some of them will still come back around and try to say "rah rah MMS is great. It was good for me. I don't know what I would have done without it."
That's what's happened in the past here and I just do not want you to be discouraged if it happens again. These girls obviously did not have to experience what you did or else they are dilusional. It's one or the other.
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-05-17 21:19:00, hugakid wrote:
"Welcome! You have a lot of support here!!!! No doubt about that. ::drummer:: :wave:
Please, do not pay attention to those who will try to praise MMS, even when they hear how sad some of these girls' stories are.
They'll read your story, as sad as it is, and some of them will still come back around and try to say "rah rah MMS is great. It was good for me. I don't know what I would have done without it."
That's what's happened in the past here and I just do not want you to be discouraged if it happens again. These girls obviously did not have to experience what you did or else they are dilusional. It's one or the other."
--- End quote ---
First of all, I fully support Claire's experience. She was thoughtful and didn't condemn anyone else. I am NOT one of those people with a good experience at MMS, I am NOT defending the school and don't desire to, but I will defend everyone's right to their own opinion and experience. I may have hated MMS, but some girls I am still friends with loved it. I certainly won't just dismiss them because of a difference in opinion. You Hugakid are absolutely ridiculous. I can't even believe you would say to just ignore people who enjoyed the school and that they are clearly just delusional. Last time I checked, this forum was still for people to discuss and share both negative AND positive experiences without fear of being put down. What you said was just ludicrous and if people should ignore anything it should be you and your silly rant. Hopefully you just chose the wrong words and didn't intend for your post to come off as it did.
Melissa Gower.
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