I See You, Survivor Life Inside (and Outside) the Totally
F*cked Up Troubled Teen Industry
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ianelli, Liz, author. | Witter, Bret, author.
Title: I see you, survivor: life inside (and outside) the totally f*cked up
troubled-teen industry / Liz Ianelli, aka Survivor993 with Bret Witter.
Description: First edition. | New York: Hachette Books, 2023.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022050707 | ISBN 9780306831522 (hardcover) | ISBN
9780306831539 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780306831546 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Teenagers—Abuse of. | Mentally ill teenagers—Abuse of.
| Mentally ill teenagers—Institutional care. | Teenagers—Mental health
services. | Mental health facilities—Corrupt practices. | Abused teenagers.
Classification: LCC HV1421 .I26 2023 | DDC 362.73/2—
dc23/eng/20221031
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022050707
ISBNs: 9780306831522 (hardcover); 9780306831546 (ebook)
E3-20230615-JV-NF-ORI
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Troubled
1 Downhill
2 She Beats Me
3 Table Topics: The Game Where Everyone Gets Hurt!
4 Sanction
5 Hello Darkness, Old Friend
6 Death by Sandwich
7 The Game
8 The Grave
The Wolf Pack
9 One Hundred Cheeseburgers
10 Emergency
11 The Truth
12 Eat, Prey, Kill
13 If I Ever Leave This World Alive
Survivorland
14 I Believe in You
15 Operation Roscoe
16 Jersey Girl
17 I See You, Survivor
18 A Place of My Own
19 The Nexus
20 Agents of Bad-Ass
21 Please
22 Alive
23 Love in the Wild
Resources
Acknowledgments
Discover More
To those who have not yet found their voice,
To those who can no longer speak,
And to those who have asked me,
“What the hell is wrong with you?”
And for Jon
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THIS MEMOIR REFLECTS my recollection of events,
rendered to the best of my ability. Some names and identifying
characteristics have been changed, and conversations have been
reconstructed, so if you were there with me, don’t @ me; I did my
best and took it as far as I could.
THIS IS YOUR trigger warning.
What you will read here is upsetting, especially if you have
suffered abuse. Not just in the Troubled Teen Industry, which has
abused a million kids over the last forty years, but any abuse.
Don’t worry. Keep going.
This is not a story of trauma but of triumph over trauma.
Telling it has helped me heal. I have healed because someone
asked for my story, and when I spoke, people listened. Finally.
You, by picking up this book, see me. By reading it, you hear me.
You are part of my healing journey.
This story can heal you, too. Because it is our story, not theirs.
It is proof that you are not alone. You can triumph. You will
triumph if you endure. If you speak your truth, we will hear you.
I see you, survivor. This is for us.
TROUBLED
