The Nightmare of Aversion Therapy

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The Nightmare of Aversion Therapy
Notes from the T Side
By Elizabeth
07 March, 2011


http://ben-girl-notesfromthetside.blogspot.com/2011/03/nightmare-of-aversion-therapy.html


I had to think hard and long about posting this because as a close friend said it is very personal and it is. If you wonder why I react vehemently when people tell me I was a "gay boy" then you should probably read this. If you wonder why I took issue with HSTS theories and what they said about me then this is something you might want to read. If you wondered why I was offended by the snide remarks made by some then you might want to read this.  If you wonder why I do not suffer ->-bleeped-<-s easily then this is a must read.
The only difference between some of them and certain doctors is they did not have access to my body and the machinery and drugs to hurt me and others like me but words can open old wounds sometimes. Words were a big part of the torture process called Aversion Therapy. Pain, words, images, chemicals, electricity, and humiliation were the methods of the day. It was a process "perfected" at another hospital in Massachusetts.  They made a documentary about it and the State of Massachusetts prevented the documentary from being publically shown for 24 years in the courts.  The documentary was called "Titicut Follies" and part of it can be found here and I cannot get too far into it but the accented doctor I know very well. He "treated" me several times.