Post by Caylus Ark on Jan 23, 2020 18:12:03 GMT
I want to talk about this today because I think it's a huge issue I didn't even realize existed.
I fell down this rabbit hole yesterday when a friend at Beit T'Shuvah mentioned they'd been "gooned" and taken to Wilderness Bootcamp.
Basically that men some burly men showed up at her house and dragged her there at her parent's behest.
They call these services "transport" or "escort" services.
I spent some time reading about these wilderness camps, there was a particularly good article here
As I ran further into this rabbit hole, I read a number of experiences from troubled teens who had been through not only wilderness programs, but also what are called "Therapeutic Boarding Schools" - TBS. I thought it sounded like an interesting idea, a residential treatment center that was part school and part therapy. But I found some of these programs were so abusive and heinous that it was abhorrent.
One in particular is called Provo Caynon School.
If you google their reviews, you'll find stories from ex-patients here that describe physical abuse - staff beating patients for minor infractions. Sexual abuse allegations, one review is in all caps from a girl that specifically names the people who raped her. Patients often would be kept in isolation, called "Investment", which is a cement room that smells like pee, where they'd be forced to stand for hours for "investment points". They weren't allowed to look at anything or anybody or speak or move, and if they did, they had to start the timed process all over again.
Even the staff members write on Glassdoor about what a horrible place it is to work and how the turnover rate is so high they are frequently understaffed.
What's interesting about this school, which is in Utah, is that it's heavily invested in by the LDS, church of Ladder Day Saints, and is basically a Mormon foothold. Many of its staff members have no experience in mental health - they are simply BYU students or graduates who are basically football players that can handle rowdy teenagers. And interestingly, in one review that I read, someone mentioned that the FBI/CIA often hire out of this school! It's a rabbit hole.
Somehow, miraculously, this school is still open, despite a plethora of lawsuits that have been filed against it, and heinous stories of survivors. Some reddit posts I came across were people talking about how years later they wake up sweating with flashbacks. Flashbacks! PTSD from this place is not an uncommon occurrence.
As you guys know I've always had an interest in "dark psychology" principles - mind control in the modern world. This place is mind control. So is wilderness camp - you'll notice if you read the article I linked that the whole idea of a wilderness camp is to break you down completely and teach you what to say, what to think, how to act. The author says he simply erased himself, not buying into the program but knowing that speaking the speak was his only way out. So he didn't even know who he was anymore ultimately, if the program had worked or not. He said that to this day he could simply stare at a wall and pass hours. It sounds an awful lot like DID.
I fell down this rabbit hole yesterday when a friend at Beit T'Shuvah mentioned they'd been "gooned" and taken to Wilderness Bootcamp.
Basically that men some burly men showed up at her house and dragged her there at her parent's behest.
They call these services "transport" or "escort" services.
I spent some time reading about these wilderness camps, there was a particularly good article here
As I ran further into this rabbit hole, I read a number of experiences from troubled teens who had been through not only wilderness programs, but also what are called "Therapeutic Boarding Schools" - TBS. I thought it sounded like an interesting idea, a residential treatment center that was part school and part therapy. But I found some of these programs were so abusive and heinous that it was abhorrent.
One in particular is called Provo Caynon School.
If you google their reviews, you'll find stories from ex-patients here that describe physical abuse - staff beating patients for minor infractions. Sexual abuse allegations, one review is in all caps from a girl that specifically names the people who raped her. Patients often would be kept in isolation, called "Investment", which is a cement room that smells like pee, where they'd be forced to stand for hours for "investment points". They weren't allowed to look at anything or anybody or speak or move, and if they did, they had to start the timed process all over again.
Even the staff members write on Glassdoor about what a horrible place it is to work and how the turnover rate is so high they are frequently understaffed.
What's interesting about this school, which is in Utah, is that it's heavily invested in by the LDS, church of Ladder Day Saints, and is basically a Mormon foothold. Many of its staff members have no experience in mental health - they are simply BYU students or graduates who are basically football players that can handle rowdy teenagers. And interestingly, in one review that I read, someone mentioned that the FBI/CIA often hire out of this school! It's a rabbit hole.
Somehow, miraculously, this school is still open, despite a plethora of lawsuits that have been filed against it, and heinous stories of survivors. Some reddit posts I came across were people talking about how years later they wake up sweating with flashbacks. Flashbacks! PTSD from this place is not an uncommon occurrence.
As you guys know I've always had an interest in "dark psychology" principles - mind control in the modern world. This place is mind control. So is wilderness camp - you'll notice if you read the article I linked that the whole idea of a wilderness camp is to break you down completely and teach you what to say, what to think, how to act. The author says he simply erased himself, not buying into the program but knowing that speaking the speak was his only way out. So he didn't even know who he was anymore ultimately, if the program had worked or not. He said that to this day he could simply stare at a wall and pass hours. It sounds an awful lot like DID.
