I appreciate the endorsement. I wasn’t sure FAC would even approve my comment.

Thumbs up to this comment. The psych industrial complex has gotten way out of hand.

So I look askance at those who say things like “All people will agree that victims of sexual abuse need treatment” and leave it at that. I don’t see any way my life would’ve been enhanced at any point by handing me over to crank therapists who would’ve possessed the avowed and solitary aim of making me feel like a victim (i.e. a perpetual consumer of their “services”). On the contrary, I feel very fortunate that nothing, good or bad, was disclosed at the time, and I was able to grow up experiencing my authentic feelings, and not ones manufactured in a therapist’s office.

I could not agree more. The is a psychologist in South Florida who has developed a program that he has been allowed to take into some schools, sharing this very information with students.

We have some members who are organizing to fight to have juveniles removed from the registry. There is talk of eventually asking legislators to have such programs introduced in all schools. One problem, though, is that approximately half of Florida school-aged children do not attend public schools.

Research shows that knowledge of consequences is the biggest deterrent against committing a crime.

My experience as well. My sponsor from SA (12 step) wrote me and printed pages from the white book. That was largely how I survived mentally. Also had a few members from that group write me as well. I am forever grateful for them.

My problem is depending on the judge, you could get probation or life in prison. I fell somewhere in between. When you go to prison, (At least where I went) there was no counseling or any help, just wake up, work, eat and go to bed. Rinse and repeat for years and years.