While I am aware that in some contexts the word gooning has another meaning among TTI survivors gooning refers to the practice of legally kidnapping teenagers and taking them to a TTI program whether it be residential or,as in my own case,a wilderness program. I was awoken at around 3AM by two strange men in my room who told me that I was coming with them. (I have since learned that my dad had ar... » Continue Reading
I’m an American boy who recently moved to the UK with my mom. (I am actually half British because my mom is from the UK). The reason we moved to the UK is in my profile and has been touched upon in some of my other blogs so I’m not going to go over it again here. Since I moved to the UK life has been great. One of the best things is how much later school starts over here. In the US I had to start ... » Continue Reading
I was born on January 1st 2011. Literally I was born on New Year’s Day. I’m just curious if anyone else here has their birthday on a special date whether it’s New Year’s Day like me or some other significant day like Christmas for example. » Continue Reading
I’m curious if anyone else here has been through the trauma of being sent to a wilderness therapy program (or any other type of TTI program). My parents were getting divorced and my mom was going to seek custody of me. Just to spite her my dad had me kidnapped during the night (it’s actually legal for parents to do that in America) and taken to a wilderness program where I was trapped for twelve w... » Continue Reading
I was born in the USA but recently me and my mom moved to the UK. In America I had to start school at 7:30AM. In the UK I don’t start school until 9AM. I now get up at 7:30AM,the time I would have started school at in America. I find it feels so much better and the extra sleep makes it so much easier to concentrate on my studies. I notice that in the UK there’s different names for things. For exam... » Continue Reading