Ep. 28 The Dark Side of Teen Behavioral Modification Programs with Sydney Montana
Recovering From Reality
Dear Media, Alexis Haines
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
At 15 years old, Sydney was sent to a behavior modification program for troubled teens. This program was traumatizing, and caused her a great deal of pain. Her and I discuss being an addict in rehab at 13, why she was sent to this program, and how she is doing today, 10 years later. Sydney’s growth and recovery is incredibly inspiring to me, and my heart hurts for all children that suffered these reform “school” experiences.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Alexis Haynes and this is my podcast recovering from reality. |
| 0:16.4 | Today we have Sydney Montana with us. |
| 0:21.9 | She is, I'm assuming you're an Instagram follower. |
| 0:26.4 | She reached out to me the other day when what topic was I speaking on? |
| 0:31.2 | I don't remember what it was. |
| 0:33.0 | I do not recall either. |
| 0:34.8 | Sorry, Alexis. |
| 0:35.8 | It's okay. |
| 0:36.8 | But she reached out because, and this is something that I actually wanted to cover because |
| 0:41.7 | it's something that I find really interesting and I know that we have a lot of parents that |
| 0:45.5 | listen to this podcast too. |
| 0:48.6 | So you had reached out to talk about this program that your parents put you in when you were |
| 0:53.4 | 15 and you spoke about the experience that you had and how traumatic it was for you. |
| 1:01.3 | And instantly I message you right back and I was like, when can you come on the podcast? |
| 1:06.7 | Because that's what recovering from reality is really about. |
| 1:08.9 | It's about sharing our collective trauma with not just people who have thousands of |
| 1:13.9 | followers on Instagram but like everyday people who go through severe trauma and how they |
| 1:18.2 | overcome that. |
| 1:19.5 | So why don't you share with us a little bit about what took place? |
| 1:27.6 | Let's go back if you're comfortable and I know you haven't spoken about this before. |
| 1:31.0 | So it's definitely not like an easy thing to do. |
| 1:34.6 | And I really commend you for stepping up and doing this because I know that it's not |
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