Comments on: #51 - TeePee Factory

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:58:33 +0000

Im a surviver of the program challenger and I also have bonding stories about me and one of the other girls I was the first to run in at the end and she came after we were so close we slept near eachother and giggled together especially knowing we would be at run in time in 2 days we couldnt wait wow I have lots of trauma storys but I also have a few happy ones at the times that we were able to make the best out of our situation.I have many photos of us out there my family sent me a small camra maybe I can post some.

By: Mike Lyne

Mike Lyne — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 23:44:52 +0000

I think it’s good that things calmed down for you for a while. Drama and tragedies make for interesting reading… but things change when you think that there’s somebody out there that had to go through all of this. I’m assuming that the goody two shoes attitude of the councilors is a temporary thing…

By: Alli

Alli — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:54:27 +0000

perhaps events in my personal life prevented me from writing…but the events shifted dramatically when Cody showed up. I could make up some events that would make it seem more exciting and tragic, but then I’d be a liar… Things calmed down quite a bit when Cody first showed up…thats what happened and thats what I’m telling…you know? Just hold on…you won’t be disappointed.

By: Enigma

Enigma — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:24:54 +0000

seems like you have lost momentum. I hope it returns.. the urgency and realism in previous posts seems to have drifted. perhaps events in your personal life have altered your perspective?

By: Blecksheep

Blecksheep — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 04:44:26 +0000

Victoria,
Welcome and thank you for sharing your story as well. I think it helps Ali when others share their experience and let her know she’s not alone. The rest of us who haven’t had a bad experience can give her tons of support but we will never know what she’s experienced.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:09:31 +0000

Well, I am happy as hell that you’re back. Been sitting on pins and needles a long time. Never stop writing, lady. I’m sorry, that must be my motivational speaker showing. Glad you continued, Alli - licious.

By: Mike Lyne

Mike Lyne — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:43:53 +0000

Youthful enthusiasm is a good thing! I’m not sure I’d be able to think along the positive lines that you two did… it would be too easy to get lost in the negatives. Good to see that you found some help in the middle of all that. You needed it!

By: anna

anna — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:53:44 +0000

whoa out of all this and you still manage to make friendships and see the good part of what you expect to do when you get out you truly are amzing my mind would not have been so clear i would have lost it completly had i been in your situation! ! Anna

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:14:05 +0000

Allison, I found your site somewhere through clicking around the blogoshpere. I found it on Sunday and didn’t stop reading until I was done, somewhere near Sunday evening. The pain you endured. The awfulness of this situation makes me want to vomit. I hope you continue to write, if not to get your story out, but to purge these memories from your soul. I also hope that you were able to sue these people, put them out of business, something. I hope this story has some kind of good ending. I was a Troubled Teen in the late 90’s and was quickly whisked off to rehab. It did not work the first, second, or even the third time. And the third time, while not in the wilderness of Utah, I had a similar experience of abusive counselors, wicked staff members, etc. I actually complained one day about my finger hurting (because I bit my fingernails down to the quick, I was nervous all the time) and because they didn’t provide me with any kind of anti-septic, several days later I ended up in the hospital with a staph infection that was in 24 hours about to become a blood infection that I might have died from. It has taken me years and lots of Therapy (and money) to get the help I needed just to get over that traumatic experience. I still have nightmares. While I can’t totally relate, I can completely empathize. I know what it’s like to be torn down to the barest of you and be physically, spiritually and emotionally raped. It is awful. I hope you are now living in a much more peaceful and happy place. May God (or whatever you believe) Bless you in many ways- you deserve it. Peace, Victoria