Alexandra Bends Review of Ridgeview institute
Looks NOTHING like the pictures, and is an incredi...
Looks NOTHING like the pictures, and is an incredibly toxic place. They allowed my marcissist "mother" to imprison me here twice. I was struggling with actual issues that needed solving- things like career, rent money, etc. I wasn't suicidal. The solution was to put me in a place where I'd have absolutely no way to solve these problems. I wasn't "involuntary" but I was shocked to learn as a legal adult, I had no right to leave. The only way out is to pretend to be suicidal and then cure yourself. They keep you in a living room with HGTV on for 20 hours of the day, only getting an hour of group therapy. Nurses force you to take prescriptions you've never heard of that no one consulted you about. If you dont take them, you're held there longer because of "refusal" and forced to pay more. I'm disabled and they were not willing to help me walk the long distances for food, and had me sleeping on the floor with my fragile spine. The only good thing was the other people I was stuck with for months, who understood this pain but were never able to speak up. I hope they're all okay.
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