By Anonymous: 2016 My experience at the Deveraux Glenholme School in Washington, CT was nothing short of traumatic. I still remember the day on February 1st, 2016, I was only 12 years old. Now, almost 19 I still have nightmares every night. I’m not gonna make this too formal because there’s just so much to [...]

By Anonymous: 2012-2016 I was placed here for Asperger’s Syndrome, ADHD, and an uncategorized bipolar disorder. I was not allowed a phone; I was only allowed a few websites. When I was in trouble for impulsive behaviors I could not control, I was restrained unfairly and bruised or scratched. I was placed in a walled [...]

By Anonymous: 2018-2019 I was at Franklin Academy in East Haddam from April of 2018 to June of 2019. I went because I had to leave another school for complicated reasons. At first, I liked it because I was just in a wilderness program for two months. It also felt better in my first few [...]

By Anonymous: 2018-2020 I wasn’t sure whether I was a victim of the troubled teen industry or not. My experience was not as terrible as others but I then realized that comparing traumas is detrimental to anyone’s mental health. It takes away the ability to allow yourself to face what you went through, because you [...]