138 Comments Posted by boiler1220

Madison
this is in MA not PA

I was there 88-90
Who are you? If you don't mind me asking!

I was there 88-90
what ward were you on?

I was there 88-90
I was there when you were. what answers do you need?

Thanks Aspie. No offence taken here

Professor girl
I know! I bid the boiler demo. I was there for a lot of it

Can't believe those were exposed on walls like that. How many people died

P.
I went in a few seclusion rooms that I was in. I even closed the door in the room that is in this picture. That was last year when I was there with pookie. I was showing a friend of mine how we used to bang on the window. It was very weird being in that room. I can't even explain the feelings I felt. I even spent a night in one of my old rooms. I don't know why I did that and it sounds kinda weird, but that's what I did. I don't know why. It was weird though

I've been in that seclusion room so many times. It was on ward B/3-east

Alyssa
These were on ward A by the boys and girls showers, second floor left, by the bend

P.
Couldn't be spoken better :)

Even though these may not be good posts or people are being misunderstood, evil, trying to get things started or just people posting to say hi and getting blown out of proportion. Or what ever the case may be. Looking at the big picture being the opacity sight. I am "for lack of better word" HAPPY to see all these posts being made between all the people that were at Gaebler. I wish some bad staff or therapists would join the sight. Even though it would be bad, I would live to hear why they felt they could treat kids that way. I liketo see all the sight use. Bad, good or whatever. Thanks to all that share there feelings and experiences about Gaebler here. It helps

I worked there

I understand what your saying, I don't think your sticking up for the staff. Your just saying that the staff you knew weren't like that. And of course you weren't like that. I wish you could have seen the bad parts, and you would understand why some of us former patients get so mad about people saying Gaebler was a caring place. Most of the therapists and DMH workers did not. It was like the more problems they could label us with, the better they would look for helping us with them. That's my opinion. I like hearing from all past staff, but I don't think any of the ones that treated us bad would ever comment here because they know how sick they were to us then and wouldn't want to face real people now. You should che:ck out "Gaebler Hell And Back" there's a letter from s former staff apologizing for how he treated us. It's a good letter to us former kids saying sorry. Mean while if u know anymore staff or kids feel free to have them post. Even though pookie is very mad, its still a real life posting about a place that was torturous for so many children. Thanks

I have to comment here. There were both, staff that wanted to help and staff that were there either to abuse kids or just get there time in the field done because it was required for there school. I worked there, I know my one on one "the hippy guy Dean" cared for me very much and wanted to help all the kids he could. So did the studdering staff steve b on 3-east. Not youwill never convince me that the fat lady diane on ward b was trying to help anyone by adding sheets to restraint beds to hurt kids more, and sitting and jumping on kids backs that were tied in restraint beds. She had to be 300lbs and would jump on me because I would keep saying "see I can still talk no matter how much you tie me" she would get mad, climb on the bed and jump on the kids that were tied down. And when Fred would bring me and brooks down to the girls end so we could have sex with the girls and he could watch. And billy who would bring us into the laundry room to kick the crap out of us and say we attacked him. He was caughtby mark and fired. Butit went on for a long time. And a staff that was raging kids and got a girl on ward d pregnant was helping. He was doing that for a long time and to 5 other girls I know. So I was there, you were very sheltered from the horrible things that went on and no matter what you think or what good staff you knew, these things did happen there and kids were afraid to say anything. I myself have been stuck in rooms with staff beating me bad. You were not one of them at all but there were a lot of staff like that. There were also a lot of staff that cared, and its to bad they were at Gaebler trying to help while other staff weremaking the place so horrible. The only good thing that came of places like Gaebler is it changed places today.

Cool thanks for posting