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Charles Spencer’s Story of Boarding School Abuse Is Haunting

Mad in America

In 2023, a teacher at the boarding school I was sent to was banned from teaching. But she has an eating disorder,’ my mother said. Charles Spencer; Photo by Robert Wilson/Contour by Getty Images Meanwhile, alleged abusers have recently been present in other boarding schools. He saw me in distress. He was twenty-nine.

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Part 3: Neuro-Authenticity, Neuro-Identities, and the Neuro-Industry  

Mad in America

For them, it’s something intrinsic to a person waiting to be discovered and identified, not a social construct created by a committee of psychiatrists. In her view, generational trauma, addictions, eating disorders and family violence are all caused by ‘our ancestors not knowing who they are’. I see and hear.