Category: Survivor Voices

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Little House in the Big Woods

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With no electricity or running water as a child, I read books until the candles wax was burned down.

“Dead, Insane or In Jail: A CEDU Memoir” by Zack Bonnie

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 "Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past." Lily Tomlin Accented with unique and relevant art by Jonathan Weiner of San Francisco, CA,"Dead Insane or In Jail: A CEDU Memoir", by Zack Bonnie, reveals with precision the mind bending abuse enacted inside of the youth reform industry. "The Cult That Spawned the Tough-Love Teen Industry", … Continue reading “Dead, Insane or In Jail: A CEDU Memoir” by Zack Bonnie

“Ownership” Featured Blog Post

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**TRIGGER WARNING** One of the ideas that I have struggled with the most this past year is that I was a slave. I was owned. Words that are hard enough to type and still stumble and bumble off of my tongue. My heart clenches, my hands shake, and my mind screams NOOOOOOOO every time I … Continue reading “Ownership” Featured Blog Post

Motherless On Mother’s Day

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by Vennie Kocsis I don't quite understand these constant holidays, dedicated to moms and dads and bunnies and love. I see them as marketing scams, a way to boost economy almost every month, by throwing in a Holiday. But hey, maybe I'm bitter. On these days I am reminded of my absent mother. See, not … Continue reading Motherless On Mother’s Day

A Story of Religious Abuse and Torture

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Introduction:  This piece is a contribution from an abuse survivor.  It details extreme abuse and could be triggering to readers.  Please consider caution if you are a trauma survivor.   By Lusciana Philomena I was born in the US in the nineties. My sister was quite older than me. She had her own issues, but … Continue reading A Story of Religious Abuse and Torture

Draining the MEDIA Swamp: by Cathy O’Brien

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Draining the Media Swamp: a Message From Cathy O'Brien "Controlled media is the voice of the global elite, who's New World Order plan has been spinning out of control ever since Hillary Clinton failed to claim the office of US President. Now media's last desperate attempts to maintain their control by creating doubt, diverting blame, … Continue reading Draining the MEDIA Swamp: by Cathy O’Brien

An Open Letter From Cathy O’Brien 

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TRUTH EVOLUTION "My name is Cathy O'Brien. Mark Phillips and I are 25 year veteran US Government Whistleblowers on the subject of mind control and healing from it. Mind control is a sliding scale from the kind of robotic MK Ultra mind control I endured during the Reagan-Bush Administration to mass mind control social engineering … Continue reading An Open Letter From Cathy O’Brien 

When Abuse Is a Child’s Normal

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**trigger warning: abuse description** If there had been a safe place for me as a child, what would I have said? I didn't know sexual abuse was wrong. I only knew it caused me physical pain and made me want to hide away. It sent me far from this earth place, to other dimensions, so … Continue reading When Abuse Is a Child’s Normal