Dehumanization of Mercy Ministries residents
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- Опубликовано: 2 янв 2014
- This video is about the dehumanization, using, cheapening and exploitation of Mercy Ministries residents and their stories in Mercy Ministries' promotional activities.. It was inspired by a quote by Eugene Cho which was recently published on a survivor blog,
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I am also a graduate of a girl called hope and had a terrible experience. Just because you had a good experience doesn't mean others are not harmed. Just because something doesn't negatively effect you doesn't mean it didn't damage someone else.
Exactly Nancy is a lesbian in the closet and she has favorite girls. I also have a story of this place.
How was it negative..?
@@sarahrossin-infante5622 can you tell me about it before I recommend the somebody
@@forthefam9896 Don't recommend it to someone. That's the answer. This place was traumatic. I graduated the Nashville home in 2012. Thankfully I'm doing much better now.
@@forthefam9896 I know this was two years ago but I hope you never did refer anyone to it, I went to AGCH 8 years ago and I came out traumatised, I’ve been given a diagnosis of ptsd from my time there, I still have nightmares, they manipulate everything you do and cut you off from everything. Some staff are nice but overall it’s like 3 hours or more of Jesus a day and then they use god as a manipulative tool, there are plenty of other things, the place needs to be closed down. They are pretending they can handle woman with issues but reality is they aren’t trained for anything.
Sorry commenting from my husbands account. I went through the same thing at Hillsong college. I was dehumanised, they tried to behaviour modify me and when I “failed” I was tossed out and everyone I knew once as friends deleted me from their lives. These people groups need to be exposed. - Isabella
Thank you for having the courage to tell what a lot of us think about this Wierd organisation.May God bless you
Good on you for speaking out. I went to the Sunshine Coast one lasted3 weeks and felt like I was going insane , ended up kicking in their windows lol !
Were you able to leave when you wanted..?
I didn't know how to boil water when I married my husband. He jokes about it. I was 20years old.
This sounds like a cult !
Not at all. It’s sad how people drag this ministry through the dirt when they didn’t have I pay a penny.
Accept yourself first, which includes who used to be. God bless you
How do they keep young girls from bringing in drugs, vapes, alcohol etc. into the building? Considering it’s a home for hurt and addicts. How do they keep the bad stuff out of there place?
They search you
I went to mercy in California. I feel awful for your stories and experiences but Mercy to me changed my entire life as well as many of the girls I was a resident with.
Yes, same with me
Mercy was by far the absolute WORST 'treatment' place I've ever experienced. It's actually traumatized me and I want nothing to do with God or the church because of this hellhole. These Jesus people are something else. I grew up in the church my whole life but because of this place I left God. This place is bullshit.
What house were you in?
@@sarahrossin-infante5622 California
@@Xenonmorph__ ah I was in the Nashville home 2001. I always got bad vibes around most of the staff. Cant believe my parents sent me there.
I pray you turn to God. He loves you, please do not allow them to turn you away from God. Remember that all his followers are not perfect, and that you should not turn from him because of what they did to you. I'm sorry you had this experience! God bless you, Jesus loves you. ♡
You didn’t have to go. No one forced you. It’s also completely free. If it didn’t work for you it didn’t work for you but you were free to walk at any time.
Thanks for sharing.
hi sarah
so i have watched this video over again this is prob my 5th time watching in the last year, i dont know if i have ever told you how much i can related to what you are talking about with dehumanizing others.
After i left mm and struggled from 2010 ( december) to 2013 of Sept i really didnt really realize there were certain people i feel were only staying in my life to help me get better and say HEY LOOK I DID SOMETHING GOOD which left me feeling alone in the end.
I feel like i was used by people and it doesn't feel good but i have left those people and havent looked back. so i get what you are talking about.
Also when it comes to mm, i dont think they should be aloud at all until a person has graduated and has turned 18 to put their photos online, it really bothers me. if it was my child it would not be aloud at all. you never know who is looking at the pictures.
i dont think mm really has considered the fact sex offenders could be using there site to look at under age girls.
in my own opinion, i dont think any treatment center should post pictures of anyone except staff. stories fine but pics no i dont think they should.
i think it could become a safety issue what happens if a young woman does not disclose an abusive ex and they find where they are and such, i just think mm hasnt thought all situations through..
In my opinion, Go to a Church, a mental health facility, or anyone other than that place. My daughter disappeared into that place three years ago and I have not seen her since. Think long and hard about what you are willing to give up. Get a family based support or therapy group preferably through a real Bible based Church. She was isolated then turned against her family.
+Stephanie Nye I am so sorry to hear this happened to you. Unfortunately, there are many other families in your situation that have made contact with us over the years. If you would like contact or support from us, please get in touch with us on Facebook or by email at info[at]mercysurvivors[dot]com
I am a graduate of a girl called hope (the mercy NZ) and I have to say I had a wonderful positive experience. We were never seen as projects. We were never exposed in any way and the home made sure that girls understood it was not how bad our problems were but how much we wanted to change. There "promotional" videos are not graphic in any way and the website doesn't have any stories that expose any of the girls. In the home we were treated with so much love and respect and we were given the best of everything. I ever once felt unsafe in that home. I went in there and was a little shit and they did just live on me. I understand the nz home has moved away from mercy miniseries but I have to say I'm surprised you had a negative experience. That home honestly saved my life. I can't speak for others and don't get me wrong if you have indeed had a bad experience that's horrible and I'm sorry but I don't know that you can share on behalf of everyone who has been though the program. The one I went to was wonderful. They have us 12 months of transitional support after we left the home to make sure we were ok and they never once enforced what they believed on us. I really honestly did have a positive time there as I know it was the same for the others in the home with me. They were massive on keeping our faces out of the public and nothing we shared was ever shared again. At grad they would stand up and say this is so and so's story and not your story so don't share it. Anyway each to their own. Oh and the transport thing?! We had a van that had no markings on it. So no one knew who we were.
Gabrielle Cole you can't tell how damaged people are just because they smile or graduate. I'm working with a girl called hope residents/graduates that now years later are only beginning to feel safe to take off that mercy girl mask and be honest about how damaging they found the program.
You really can't judge a book by its cover and say oh I had a good time so there's no problem and everyone seemed happy so it must have worked for them.
How would you know how they really felt when we aren't allowed to talk to each other about it?
If you were having a problem and you looked around and everyone looked OK and no one else said they had an issue would you say something? Part of the reason that people don't speak out is because they feel like the only one, they also don't speak out because they are worried that people will say it helped me you must have just not followed the program or something must be wrong with you because we are taught not to question the program that soposidly "works" for everyone if they do it right. That's just not how mental health works there isn't one size fits all approach because we are individuals with unique struggles and identities.
The girls that do speak out get kicked out so you never see them.
There is so many things wrong in this but I’m only going to correct a couple, the only reason that a girl called hope isn’t called mercy ministries is because there was already something in NZ with that name and they couldn’t get the trademark and also there was that scandal in Aussie with exorcisms and so it was a good time to be not the same name. They use the exact same counselling program as mercy, choices that bring change, in fact in some of the paperwork it has mercy on it. I’m so glad you never felt unsafe but I can in fact tell you in my second week in the program my roommate tried to kill herself while we were at the mall, we were FORBIDDEN from speaking about it and threatened that it would be breaching leaving our own lane, she never returned. We were constantly told maybe she would for about two weeks so I just lived with her stuff, then one day I walked in on a staff member packing it up while we were in class. They were going to just make her disappear, like she didn’t exist. I was in there because I was suicidal. No one checked I was okay with any of it at any point, I fact I brought it up once to be like I’m a little triggered and I got told I wasn’t doing my own work because I wasn’t staying in my own lane well enough. I got punished every day because I didn’t trust the staff enough and to them that was the most egregious of sins. I spoke to a boy when I went on a walk once because a friend saw me and pulled over and as I literally said keep driving if they see me they will freak out, I got accused of planning it, considering I don’t have a phone or any communication I don’t know how they thought I was communicating with him. Pretty much daily I’d hurt myself still and staff just didn’t care. They would maybe say stop but that was about it they didn’t offer any actual compassion or help I wasn’t allowed to talk about how I was feeling as often it was “to close to bedtime” but I wasn’t aware getting triggered had schedules. Honesty, I’m glad they saved your life and it worked for you, that’s awesome, but the thing is how many people are they making worse in the process.
I'm in the process of getting into Mercy and things like this are just plain not helpful. Who spends 20 minutes talking about how awful a place is that has helped so many people?
+LeAnne Seal I am guessing you are either still at Mercy Ministries or have since completed the program. I am curious to know if you identify with any of the content of this video now that you have experienced Mercy Ministries yourself. If on the other hand you have not yet been accepted, consider it a blessing.
Eh, it was just a weird program, but not bad. Some of it I liked.
ilovehp 4ever look her up she had a horrible experience and I feel like both of you would agree I am subscribed to both of you and I am self harming too now today but I have recently tried stopping it . But I am seriously at the point of cutting again my scars have healed but I fucking give up my counselors given up on me I feel
Please contact me asap. I went to the one in the us.
Please contact me, I wanna know more before I recommend
I've uploaded a vid about mercy uk