I don't honestly know how long I was in either place, though my guess would be 30 days or so. I wish I could remember more to help some of you who are looking for answers. I remember lots of kids from my school in there. It was all completely an insurance scam & most of the kids there were kids that were just normal teens with nothing but normal teen problems & experimentation. Those opposite ends of the spectrum, kids with true juveniles troubles & true behavioral/psych issues, were mixed in with the 'normal' population, which was 95% of the kids there. I remember at one of the places meeting a kid who had murdered someone & I remember a girl who was, looking back at it, probably extremely autistic or something like that. My parents were not from the US & completely overreacted to normal teenage behavior. I was locked up for being a normal teenager, partying & experimenting with drugs, like most kids in the 70's & 80's. I am a totally functional adult & was a functional teen. I don't remember any medications, but I remember being woken up every single morning to have my blood drawn, tho' maybe that was at the other facility. I remember something about 'levels' & a sign on the door of rooms indicating what level you were on & that those levels & 'privileges' changed based on behavior. IDK if this is b/c I've blocked things out or if I just never witnessed them. Corman does not, nor does the 'treatments' some of you have posted about. Both were locked wards & my memories run together from both places, so I'm not sure what happened at which. Also, I was 'sent up' (that's what we called it back then), twice, was there a place called Fairview South, maybe? I know once was at GV, the other time, Fairview rings a bell. Based on where I lived, I must have been here between 79-84, my best guess would be 1980. I wonder whatever happened to the records?

There are only a few people in my life who even know I was at a place like this. Today, I learned that my niece was just committed to this type of place & so I decided to come back here & maybe it's time to confront this time period in my life. I have blocked out much of this experience, so not sure I'll be helpful to most, plus it took me this long to decide whether to set up an account on CD & post.

I came across this post totally by random on new year's eve 2016, first time I've ever looked at the Mpls section of CD & it caught me off guard & brought up a lot of emotions. I probably crossed paths with some of you.

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