1,384 Comments for Gaebler Children's Center

patrick
So do we all :)

Patrick
Was that the day that john w. From ward A broke into the intercom room and played were not gonna take it over the intercom. Even the kids on ward B joined in?

went off all at once . There is a reason for that. I was one of the ones that got hurt really bad , they cut my head so bad they had to hold a towel on my head cause there was so much blood It was the day they didnt have enouph seclusion rooms for us through out the building . Do i need to say more It got worse and it will be spoken of in time

There was one kid in there i felt so bad for him for what they did to him , I dont know if you know him , pasquale was his name . He was such a good kid and the things that i have witnessed to what they done to him was horriable . I always visited him and told him to stay strong , I was always checking on him thinking that someday i was going to find him dead : ( I can say so much in detail of what i saw but at that time we all were living in fear and couldnt say anything . some day we will be heard. All of us that was in there had no control and we had to shut our mouths . I dont know if you remember this ? I remember there was a day of hell ( which i was a part of) That all the wards

Hey , If you talk to sandy W or Tricia G , tell them that Patrick says hi and i would like to talk to them!!!! I do remember the staff member willie , Sandy always called him pickle ( that was weird lol ) There was three staff members i didnt care for and i thought they were very abusive , one is that short little fuck mike that were the glasses ( worked on ward E) Phil was another one, and Mark that ran the teen center . My opinion and there is enouph evidence for a class action suite for the way they have treated us . IT WAS SICK AND TWISTED

Yes i do remember Danny !!!! Danny was with sandy w Im going to give last name initials, I was with tricia G. at that time . Sean M was a friend I was the one with the long hair that hung out with vicky T at the teen center ( she was on your ward) We always cranked ozzy She was kool shit!!!! I tryed to get a hold of you on fb?

Patrick
My cousin Renee was on Ward E. I remember a Patrick, I just don't remember what you look like, sorry. Sandy, Tricia, Mike, Sean were all on my ward which was D. I remember the place like it was yesterday as well, creepy to say the least, but, I will say this, Willy and Suzanne were the nicest staff members on my ward. Do you remember a kid named Danny? he was on my ward, I talk to a few people from there and I seen a few of them as well. the building is now down, I took a lot of pics of the inside and out and videos, if you want to see them friend me on facebook that is where they are....I hope you are doing well, sorry you had to endure that kind of shit as well like us, but, I think it made me a better and stronger person......

This is all i can say, WE ALL REMEMBER GAEBLER!!! 82TO84 im speaking for everybody , Sandy, Tricia, Mary, Carmen,Mike,Sean,Leann,Paul,Billy,Laurie,Renee,Kathy, beth, and many morefriends i had there!! Michelle i think your the one of the ones i know too? It was a sick place and there is alot of sick stories that i will never forget ( on ward E) My name is Patrick and i was there for quite somtime. I remember it all like it was yesterday. : ( I remember one staff member that was a good friend of mine, GOD BLESS YOU COREY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ALL OF US!!!!! PATRICK

To boiler 1220 I remember everything

I think Motts does a great service by providing this website with his photos and allowing us to comment. I like the Gaebler photos because the most former patients comment on them. I don't like having a mental health professional say what the experience of being in seclusion is like. I would rather hear it from people who experienced it...I would like to hear them say how it feels to drag someone into seclusion. They might know about that lol.

P
you are very welcome, it's hard for anyone to understand how we feel and what we went thru unless they were there and experienced hands on like us.....

Thanks, Pookie.

P.
I am so sorry to hear of your terrible treatments at different hospitals, Gaebler really was hell to say the least, a lot of mental,verbal and physical abusive as well as sexual abusive went on there. I understand everything you say about how you feel and not be able to be touched, When you go thru something that horrific it's hard to trust anyone, even your family and loved ones, it must certainly changes the person you are, it's not your fault, it's the Dept of Mental Healths fault and them thinking they had the right to abuse us they way they did and drug us as well. I hop e that someday you will be able to come to terms with all that has happened to you so you can show the world and everyone who counted you out that you are better than they say you are and they can kiss your ass......If you ever want to talk, I do have a facebook account, you just have to friend request me, my name is Michelle D.Woods and I also have pictures and videos of Gaebler on my fb.....

I like reading comments by former patients best. I was hospitalized at a private hospital for a year when i was nineteen and way to many other hospitals over the years for a few months or weeks at a time. Even though the first hospital was private I was locked in seclusion for a month. I lost track of time but my family remembered. I also remember staff swinging heavy keys around. when i would say seclusion was traumatic it was denied by the staff and said to be treatment. A lack of stimulation was supposed to promote health. Thank God today it is acknowledged by my therapist and doctor to be abuse and i am getting treatment for ptsd. I can not stand to be touched by psychiatric staff today. I have had not a few but many abusive experiences. I like reading the posts from the people who spent time at this hospital not because others are hurting but because others understand. I have some good memories too and a lot of the staff were good unlike Gaebler. There was one that was sexually abusive but he got fired. cold wet sheet packs were used multiple times a week on my unit and all male calls and people getting dragged off to seclusion happened pretty frequently too. There were college age staff who were really kind and a volunteer so I was very lucky it wasn't worse. They had a greenhouse that they used for therapy. The hardest thing was it was so invalidating because the staff was so defensive. they couldn't realize/admit how their well intentioned treatments were abusive. They would joke about taking down people and it would make me shiver. There are plenty of staff today who just won't admit that so much of treatment hurts and it bothers me even though I should be over it. It is really good to read my emotions in other people's posts and makes me feel I am not crazy and alone.

Hello, I had a kid named Danny on my ward, it wad Ward D, what years was your brother there? maybe I can help you understand why he was there if it's the same Danny that I know and that I still know to this day....I am sorry that you had such a horrible experience there, I did too, we all did, it was a horrible place for kids to say the least, as for the girls sex jokes, I never heard any but, I do know that girls were being raped there by the male staff members, it was very easy to do since they had all the hidden rooms and keys and we had to trust them....I hope someday you can overcome your anger and be able to be happy...Do not let that place and it's staff members ruin you, ruin the person that you are and can be, if you do that, then that means the won the war and I know you don't want that. I know it's hard as hell to try and put your life together after being in such a horrible, physically abusive and mentally abusive place but, you can do it, you just have to tell yourself that you are worth it and JG you are worth it, if you ever want to talk look me up on facebook my name is Michelle Woods-Godfroy....



Sorry the above message was for JG, NOT FROM JG, I SCREWED UP THE NAME SLOT, SORRY JG....