“Finding words to describe what happened to you can be transformative, but it does not always abolish flashbacks or improved concentration, stimulate vital involvement in your life or reduce hypersensitivity”

Nobody wants to remember trauma. In that regard society is no different from the victims themselves. We all want to live in a safe world that’s manageable and predictable, but that’s not always the case

In Elan, I felt isolated, terrorized, and horrified in each moment. I felt so far away from humanity in spite of people surrounding me. Learned helplessness allowed the staff ratio of 40:1. We were terrified of their totalitarian brutality. We were helpless. #learnedhelplessness

The description “dual existence” for a trauma survivor means they live in the present as well as their terrorized past. They carry the heaviness of two existences in each moment. #ptds #traumaawareness #bodykeepsthescore #dualexistance #breakingcodesilence #childabuse #elanschool

Trauma robs you of the feeling that you are in charge of yourself. Give children autonomies over their own fucking bodies. #endTTI

The challenge of recovery is to re-establish ownership of your body and mind. Finding your self-identity that was stripped of you due to learned helplessness in your abuse, builds strength in recovery!

Feeling free to know what you know and feel what you feel- is a basic human right. This was not the case at Elan. We were stripped of any identity, molded into little soldiers. (More like lab rats suffering behind glass that sociopaths gleefully orchestrated.)

Trauma is much more than a story of what happened long ago. Physical sensations and emotions imprint onto the body during the trauma as experienced in the present, as disruptive physical reactions.

To heal from trauma, find communities or safe loved ones to help provide emotional and physical safety, including the safety from feeling shamed, admonished or judged, and to bolster the courage to tolerate, face, and process the reality of what has happened. #healingTTItrauma

Forcing a child to not be able to wipe their tears or show emotion during active physical and emotional attack, is extremely damaging and leads to lifelong problems. Inflicting trauma onto children has its consequences. #accountability #ttisurvivors #elanschool

I tell my story through social media for my healing because, without without allowing myself to recall these memories, they won’t remain frozen. Abuse thrives in silence. #standuptochildabuse #unashamed

As a Survivor of a Christian Cult based "Troubled Teen Industry" program run by pedos who CSA-ed a ton of my friends, forced me to eat my own 🤮 and where I watched a kid die - I'm pissed off too The Church has been doing this for centuries, how are you gna "fix them for Jesus"?

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This book changed my life. If you have #ptsd or #cptsd please give this book a read. #thebodykeepsthescore

I keep a boundary with myself not to immerse in #troubledteenindustry content too much, for balance. But I'm finally listening to #SentAwayPod from Jessica Schreifels , @davidmfuchs, and @craftworksxyz and want to THANK YOU. 🖤 Clear, thorough, empathetic & hard-hitting reporting.

For the amount of attention Agape survivors have generated, it is pretty crazy how little has been done my people that are supposed to protect children. Or that the place is still running. Closing them is the absolute minimum that should be done, justice would be prosecution.

I don’t take medical advice from Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, or Joe Rogan. Who’s with me? ✋

“Traumatic stress is an illness of not being able to be fully alive in the present”