So, I went to rosewood 10 years ago. I was 12. Unfortunately i developed an unhealthy anorexia…read moredisorder. I drove through Wickenburg today and decided to look up reviews, and honestly am disappointed but not surprised to see that the staff / management / treatment is pretty much the same! & Honestly it inspired me to share part of my experience because honestly i have shared part of my story with so many people, and its not because they were great its because their treatment methods were CRAZY.
i will start out saying, going to an inpatient program saved my life i think. but i dont know if its because of rosewood.... i know someone who went to a different place after relapse shortly after and said they had a better experience
OKAY here we go. So when i got admitted, i was ready to "give up" id say, so when i arrived in the afternoon and dinner came. I ate. & then when i found out especially that if you dont finish your meal you have to drink a disgusting shake that everyone that had to drink & hated and felt sick after drinking.
Shortly after arriving, like a few days, a gal was put in a wheelchair. not because she needed it, because apparently she walked around too much, as they would call pacing.
Another gal that i know, with a binge disorder, was given a basket with her favorite snacks to carry around for days, she could eat it whenever she wanted but she had a goal to "eat some but not too much". I saw someone else review saying the exact same thing happened to them!
& Me, after a bit got accused of being a "perfect patient"? basically accusing me of faking it so i can get out. So i literally made up a lie saying i felt restless and was pacing so they gave me jingle bells to put around my ankles. I quickly regretted it because whenever i moved my legs, i jingled. Also wasnt supposed to take them off in the shower. I stuffed them in my socks once to stop the noise and got corrected...
The experience that probably hit me the most was on halloween, which i was there during. they put out a few buckets of candy in the living room we all hung out in, and said take if you want its optional!
I decided not to because if you have ever had an eating disorder youd get it, i dont want that. I enjoy candy all the time now. But the Dietician i remember came in that day, and demanded i eat a candy. I so desperately did not want to especially because i thought it was optional! I always ate all my meals anyways. She then made me eat it, while everyone at the dining table stared at me. I remember crying. It was a dramatic scene over a piece of candy for sure, but i was 12.
There was another problem, but honestly i would rather not talk about that for everyone to see but all ill say is i already hated drinking water and still do to this day, so i dont know if they still make everyone drink a full 32 oz water bottle before each meal, but id chug it to get it over with then multiple different times had to pee after meals, but couldnt because of their rule of not being able to use it 30 mins after eating (even though they made level 1s go to the bathroom with the door basically open and someone right there if they hear u throwing up which i didnt even wanna do i just wanted potty)
One last thing, even though i could probably even note more, they had a level system which went up to 3 or 4 i dont remember but as i said earlier they accused me of being "too perfect" but i somehow never went up past level 2 and they literally excluded people from activities based on level. I wanted to do Yoga dammit.
Anyways, if you made it this far all ill say is continue your research when looking for ED centers.... Rosewood seems to still be giving people crazy experiences!