Gypsy Rose Blanchard

It's like I had taken the narcotics. I didn't pack a baby bottle. I just kind of left my old life behind entirely.

It's like I had taken the narcotics. I didn't pack a baby bottle. I just kind of left my old life behind entirely.

It was. It was liberating, but also scary. It was new territory. Like for me, when I'm trying something new or I'm entering into a zone that I've never experienced before, I get a lot of anxiety about it.

It was. It was liberating, but also scary. It was new territory. Like for me, when I'm trying something new or I'm entering into a zone that I've never experienced before, I get a lot of anxiety about it.

It was. It was liberating, but also scary. It was new territory. Like for me, when I'm trying something new or I'm entering into a zone that I've never experienced before, I get a lot of anxiety about it.

I didn't even know who they were. So I want to make it clear that when I grew up, like, okay, so most parents, to kind of discipline their children, you know, they're like, oh, the boogeyman's going to get you. Right. Okay. So my mom never said the boogeyman. My mom said the state boogeyman.

I didn't even know who they were. So I want to make it clear that when I grew up, like, okay, so most parents, to kind of discipline their children, you know, they're like, oh, the boogeyman's going to get you. Right. Okay. So my mom never said the boogeyman. My mom said the state boogeyman.

I didn't even know who they were. So I want to make it clear that when I grew up, like, okay, so most parents, to kind of discipline their children, you know, they're like, oh, the boogeyman's going to get you. Right. Okay. So my mom never said the boogeyman. My mom said the state boogeyman.

So I grew up being afraid of people that I thought were bad people that were going to take me away from her. And they were called the state. And so what I didn't know back then was she was telling me to be afraid of CPS. Right. And I didn't know that then. It wasn't until after I got out of prison that I kind of figured it all out. Right, right. And so when they came, I didn't know who they were.

So I grew up being afraid of people that I thought were bad people that were going to take me away from her. And they were called the state. And so what I didn't know back then was she was telling me to be afraid of CPS. Right. And I didn't know that then. It wasn't until after I got out of prison that I kind of figured it all out. Right, right. And so when they came, I didn't know who they were.

So I grew up being afraid of people that I thought were bad people that were going to take me away from her. And they were called the state. And so what I didn't know back then was she was telling me to be afraid of CPS. Right. And I didn't know that then. It wasn't until after I got out of prison that I kind of figured it all out. Right, right. And so when they came, I didn't know who they were.

I'm like, do they work with the police? And they're asking me questions like, do I have bruises on my arms and legs?

I'm like, do they work with the police? And they're asking me questions like, do I have bruises on my arms and legs?

I'm like, do they work with the police? And they're asking me questions like, do I have bruises on my arms and legs?

And did you? I didn't. I didn't at that point in time. I didn't. However, they weren't asking me the right questions. And that is kind of like where I fell through. That's kind of like where I put a lot of like guilt on me is because I'm like, why didn't I just tell them this?

And did you? I didn't. I didn't at that point in time. I didn't. However, they weren't asking me the right questions. And that is kind of like where I fell through. That's kind of like where I put a lot of like guilt on me is because I'm like, why didn't I just tell them this?

And did you? I didn't. I didn't at that point in time. I didn't. However, they weren't asking me the right questions. And that is kind of like where I fell through. That's kind of like where I put a lot of like guilt on me is because I'm like, why didn't I just tell them this?

Exactly. So I'm like, you know, even though at this point I would have been a teenager.

Exactly. So I'm like, you know, even though at this point I would have been a teenager.

Exactly. So I'm like, you know, even though at this point I would have been a teenager.