4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

The simple fact is, as I explained before, that this was made by staff, after completing a mandatory class, to supposedly help US cope with the bad press, lawsuits, planted undercover aides, etc, etc, etc. Morale was pretty low. However the majority of us hated the BS they were trying to shove down our throats and retaliated with a not so warm and fuzzy window shade. Our way of saying FU. Why people continue to make up their own scenerios is beyond me.

Maybe some of the state workers on this site developed ptsd from secondary trauma they experienced at work. Maybe that is a reason for the high emotion and defensiveness on this thread and in some of the comments I have made myself and why this argument has been going on for years. When you have trauma it is hard to let it go and you keep revisiting it no matter how upset it makes you. The more I read the anger on this thread more compassion I feel for the staff because I feel for sure the conditions were traumatizing. I am really glad I found this
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Emotions are really high in these comments. Usually, when i comment on this website i only comment about the stuff which triggers my ptsd and my emotions are dominating my thoughts.

Today I am a health care advocate. I work in nursing facilities. I work with a great guy who was in a state institution for people with intellectual disabilities for decades. He's been living in his own apartment for a few decades and has had an incredibly valuable and fulfilling life since. I am so glad it wasn't wasted.

The other day we were talking to a women about the conditions she is subjected in the nursing facility she told us she was scared of the nursing aid who "cared" for her in the morning. For example, she threatened to drop her on the floor and break her head if she didn't stop complaining. My coworker told her with lots of compassion that he knew, because he had been there many times. She was afraid to report because of the repercussions, but agreed to talk to state ombudsman about her options and the protections he could provide. When I talked to the ombudsman a few weeks later he told me he had gone to visit her only to learn that she had reported the nurse to the facility administration who had fired the abusive aid. That took so much strength. I think it was the compassion of my friend that sparked it in her.

I worked in a state hospital in NH briefly in high school. There were a few good staff and most were average and grumpy with no training. Just dumb trainings that made no sense to them. The day staff never saw the night staff except at shift change. In my experience in psychiatric hospitals when the staff are alone with you some of them are abusive. Well, there goes my ptsd. Anyway, some people are blind to the abusive ways of their coworkers either because they look the other way on purpose or they are in another room and don't see it. A lot of people might think the way they treat others is appropriate behavior modification when it is experienced as abusive. When people have been institutionalized and leave the institution with the proper supports they prosper. Plus it is a hell of a lot cheaper for society. Its a good thing.

woah it took me 15 seconds to the bottom of the page!!! I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THIS PLACE NOW MOTTS!!!!!!!!

I"ve got one of these Picker V-500s...looks ALOT better and cleaner than this. ...any takers? I also have a vintage upright rolling picker tube stand & Picker manual collimator...plus an old electric flouroscopy table.
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i am suprised one picture has taken on a rant longer than the gettysburg address the declaration of independence and possibly war and peace this is the longest dialogue ive ever read

over the last 24 hours ive done a little research on pennhurst/willowbrook...they both seem like hell holes ESPECIALLY WILLOWBROOK..i couldnt imagine being strapped to a bed all day or sitting in fecies and sitting naked in a dark dayroom may GOD BLESS the people that sufferd at these places and the people that truly cared and helped and may you have mercy on the people's soul that took advantage of disabled and etc A REAL NIGHTMARE

I actually like the pattern on the curtains, and the blue

one of the most accurate faces so far (above the windows) indeed

makes me feel undeservedly small. something is pushing towards the ground.

human-like shadow

shadow in the left corner or an optical illusion?

best drawing ever.

The horrible things that happend... the poor sad souls stuck wondering why me? or just stuck mummbling random non meaningful bunches of slurs that nobody understood .... help? yeah right.... i feel bad for those hurt and abused children but i do somewhat understand why they couldnt go outside ... i hope they dont destroy ANY asylums or hospitals or school like this.... because they do remind us of the past. i would LOVE to come viset places like this my whole life just travel and view and read non stop about these places they really capture my attenchen i am so sucked into these things..... if you do visit these places id love pictures!!!! and some info haha heres my email. Werockyoursoxoff@aol.com no weird stalker stuff please haha

*chills*