Catherine Olsen

Review of True North Wilderness Program

i was here for just over 80 days. the experience w...

i was here for just over 80 days. the experience was undoubtably the most traumatic time of my life. I can never trust my parents again after they had me gooned (assisted arrival). The physical parts are hard but not impossible, as a person who enjoys the outdoors, I didn't mind hiking or sleeping outside. What I cared about was the fact that I had no say in the fact that I had to leave my family, sports, school, and friends behind in order to enter an environment determined to change me. I currently am suffering from ptsd as a result of this program. I did see people leave here better than they came, however this experience shattered me.