i am not going to deny the fact that sunrise helpe...

i am not going to deny the fact that sunrise helped some things but the way i was treated was nothing close to okay. if your child is straight and identifies as cis-gender she might have a wonderful experience and really gain skills and insight. but if they are gay or transgender please save them the trauma and emotional pain. i was told for my whole stay that i thought i was transgender because of my trauma. that is not true. today i am 3 years out as trans and i am not confused, but what sunrise left me with was shame and guilt for being who i am. the therapists did not help me accept myself they wanted me to change the parts of me that were most genuine, like my identity. i faked the rest of my treatment because i couldn t really be myself and how was i supposed to work through my problems if i couldn t. please keep in mind that to succeed you need a safe place to be vulnerable and sunrise is not it.

they did not let me go by my preferred name and pronouns, because my parents and i wouldn t talk about my identity, which was because they were not supportive. they still aren t. but the feeling of not being able to heal as who i am was extremely damaging. it hurt me and i am still struggling with it today.