Some of the residential school students were so scarred by the way they were treated in the schools, that they even began to inflict the same abuse they had received in the schools on their own children. The abuse left students with mental trauma, and many students were unable to erase memories of the abuse from their minds. Many Canadian residential school survivors inflicted physical abuse on their children and spouses similar to the abuse they had previously received in residential schools. In an article discussing Aboriginal victimization they stated: “Males who had been abused as children were found to be at significantly elevated risk of repeating the cycle of violence with future spouses” (Scrim cited in McGillivray and Comaskey 1996). This sad cycle demonstrates that even though the last residential school closed in the late 1990s, the experiences students had during their time still negatively affect their lives today. Many of Canada's former residential school students have turned to substance abuse in hopes of trying to cope with their struggling mental health. It is shocking to see that such a tough school can have such a lasting impact on its students. In an article related to helping people understand trauma