Healing Childhood Gurukula Abuse. Help My Friend.

Hi, I’m Chaitanya Lila from the U.K and I am hoping to raise some funding for a dear friend of mine in support for their mental health recovery. *trigger warning- some disturbing information below*

My Friend’s Story:

 

My friend who’s identity I am concealing for sensitivity reasons has suffered a wide variety of childhood physical and sexual abuse by their Gurukula (boarding school) teachers. At school, sleeping in shared rooms with other school children, teachers, who should have been protecting the children, would enter at night and molest them. Harsh punishment, to the extent of whipping, forced feeding and even forced to eat their own vomit, were administered for simple errors that children naturally make.

 

The impact of this systematic and organisational abuse has impacted their adulthood in many ways; they experience triggers, bouts of depression, they have struggled in their relationships and especially in being able to have a stable income due to these symptoms persisting.  

 

My friend feels ready to face much of the past that has been supressed in order to remedy the root of the issue with specialised trauma therapy. I am assisting them in finding a good therapist (it can’t be myself as I am their friend) and for this, they need funding. 

Hopes and Wishes for the Outcome:

With finally being able to heal from the abuse, I am confident that their mind will be much more at peace, they should be able to find more strength, alleviate their depression, stabilise themselves and live a happier spiritually and materially fulfilled life. A life they deserve.  

How The Funding Will Be Used:

 

All of the money you are kindly donating will go towards effective specialised trauma treatment sessions. Long term (more sessions) will be needed due to the frequency, duration and the intensity of the trauma experienced. The amount asked for will cover about 6 months of therapy. If we exceed our goal then my friend can have longer term therapy which will be most beneficial. 

 

Trustworthy therapy treatment is roughly from $60 or £60 per sessions. If the chosen therapist could offer treatment for less per session, then the funding can be spread out for more time.   

 

Thank You

I appreciate you taking the time to read this profile. Mental health and trauma is something I work and know of closely as I am a therapist myself, but this cause means more to me because it is painful to see a friend who has so much potential struggle due to the terrible abuse they endured by people who should have protected them.  

 

Please help my cause by sharing this link to others! Thank you for donating if you have. It is so much appreciated.