THANKFUL FOR #BREAKINGCODESILENCE

“Thank you for speaking up. For 20 years, after Cedar Ridge, I’ve been that Stockholm Syndrome kid. I’m just now beginning to unravel the narrative that’s been playing in my brain. The narrative that I must always be better, try everyday to be the best person you can because you will always be in debt to the people who saved you. I’ve created an amazing life for myself but the insomnia, nightmares, constant fear of judgement every single day… 

What did I do that was so bad? I’m just beginning to put the pieces together. I’m just now starting to remember my past. The honest past, not the one that I was forced to believe and to some extent still believe.”

Thank you. You have all helped me look deeply at myself, search for answers, address the lies I held as truths, take ownership for my success, and start admitting to myself that I was not bad, I was abused. 

I have come to recognize that until the industry is regulated, and as long as children are being held against their will, there is no such thing as a safe residential youth program."

#BreakingCodeSilence

#kidsdeservelovenotCPTSD

#CRAcademy

#MakanaLeadership