This Is What Really Happened Inside Insane Asylums

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[@IluvatarEru]

Being deemed insane when you are not and then fighting against the people calling you insane, ultimately driving you insane, has got to be one of the most terrifying things I can imagine.

[@emmabyrne2968]

Try being an Autistic woman, I've been called Bi-Polar, EUPD, Schizo-Affective, Depressed, Anxious. I'm 40 and have finally found out, as I already knew, I am none of those things. Just an Autistic woman who's neuro divergence has been used to ostracize her all her life.

[@divine_mortality]

Lmao many peoples life story.....even in todays age

[@10tus61]

Just like mental patients in Veronika Wants to Die. Not everybody there was actually insane, some stayed just to chill out from the world since they treated like "insane" by "sane people or society".

[@heather_doestruecrime]

I’ve always said this!! My worst fear is people trying to convince me I’m crazy

[@alphavasson5387]

This is basically the description of gaslighting which uh... hasn't gone away

[@stephaniemontgomery2264]

As a former mental pateint, the abuse still goes on in asylums. Beatings,starvings, isolations, druggings neglect and sexual assults. I have first hand knowlege of this. I was subjected to this as a CHILD.

[@BoltzmannX]

based

[@Scarethelocals]

Im sorry you had to experience that.

[@wmdkitty]

Liar.

[@otiswong2091]

based

[@GingerJessiVR]

@@wmdkitty Why are they a lair? Was you the one who sexually assaulted them? Unless you was there, you have no real knowledge of what happened. Just because you don't believe it didn't happen doesn't mean it didn't. Maybe stop trying to tell people what is true in their lives, and just keep your pie shut.

[@donGripo]

"I've been torturing and beating him for weeks, why won't he be sane!?"

[@GutnarmEVE]

crazy science, right?

[@oshimaii]

‘Not hitting him hard enough. Here, let me show you”

[@theyhate._.aidenong8923]

here,here use a bat it will be more effective

[@MrX-mm7km]

“He’s just being inconsiderate and selfish, ignore him for a while......then beat him every ten minutes for three hours”

[@theyhate._.aidenong8923]

@@MrX-mm7km that’ll work with the bat idea

[@KryssLaBryn]

An important thing to mention about Nellie's "insane" act, was that all she did was keep saying she was very sad about things, and had lost her luggage. Once she got there, she dropped all pretense of being sad, but was still unable to convince anyone there she was fine. Took her editor much longer than expected to get her out again. The failure seemed to be that the people responsible for *sending* her to the asylum all seemed to believe that when she arrived, they would give her a proper psychiatric examination and determine if she really *was* crazy, and to what extent, and what treatment she'd need, etc etc (you know, do a proper intake on her); whereas the doctors and other staff there all assumed that since these people had been sent over in the first place, they *obviously* belonged there. They seemed to either think that a prior assessment is what had resulted in the patient being sent there in the first place (and that there was therefore no need to do a follow-up one), or just didn't care. The nurses working there were bloody psychos. You can find her account online; it really is a very fascinating (if thoroughly depressing) read.

[@shawnhartmann4581]

There's also a very good movie about her asylum experience called "10 Days in a Madhouse" available on KZbin. It's a rare example of the Historical Horror genre', and to the best of my knowledge is true to the actual events.

[@Maven0666]

My mom’s doctor back in the 60’s was a woman and a sadist.

[@snoozley853]

Nellie Bly was so amazing. She's easily one of my favorite people to read about.

[@revaslatts4301]

That's horrible

[@stillhere1425]

“Doctor Lobotomy “ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Jackson_Freeman_II

[@jhazzronq8346]

Scary times indeed, cause normal people are being labeled as crazies, while actual crazy people are being treated as normals and even glorified to some extent.

[@ohwow2074]

Just like war criminals. These people get famous more than other people.

[@ELCinWYO]

Nothing's changed.

[@ErinRSU]

@* you are the only one speaking of elections, move on.

[@mikoomaee9460]

What do you mean ?

[@guitarguru.3572]

We live in an age where scrutiny has been abolished, and the absurd has been normalized. It will get worse before it gets better.

[@x1warrior1x85]

21st century mental hospitals aren’t any better... forced to take pills, locked in your room, mentally and emotionally abused by staff, you don’t get to see daylight for days. at least in my experiences. i don’t even go to the doctor anymore. i definitely couldn’t imagine what those poor souls went through back then, may they rest in peace. their lives were robbed from them

[@sakarihaapala2200]

x1WARRIOR1x Hmm, thanks for sharing your experience! Thanks to you, I can now understand one potential factor why my friend who was held in couple mental hospitals/asylums/psychiatric (whatever they're called today) for many years usually takes walks outside many times a day and narrates about the vivid surroundings he`s walking through in fascinating detail. He seems to enjoy every waft of true freedom. By true freedom I mean not only the freedom to go everywhere physically but the feeling of not being shackled by the thoughts of other people, society and media. He is a kind of dissident someone would say. He only enjoys his way of life and minds his business and I think there`s nothing wrong with it. Even though he does things even I don`t see appropriate I can't disagree I envy his strong mindset he posesses. Someday, I would like to posess a slice from that life wisdom he posesses.

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

I remember once playing a video game where you were walking through an old and now abamdoned insane asylum, bit by bit reading about or seeing what was going on back then. I think it followed the story of a little girl who ended up there just because her stepfather wanted to be rid of her. I also remember that lots of people gave it bad reviews saying that the game claims to be a horror game but actually isn't at all. Well, on one hand I can see why they say that - after all your character is never in danger and you're basically just walking and discovering things. But on the other hand this game left be more unsettled than most other horror games because even if this story was fictional it is based on very real institutes and ways how people were treated.

[@elaine5556]

Could it be that you mean the game called „The Town of Light“?

[@ashw687]

What game was this?

[@stoat5591]

19th century Doctor: I discovered a new way to cure insomnia, all you need to do is put a heavy pillow on the patient's face!

[@felipepubillones2768]

But then you need to solve the following cataplexy/somnolence

[@asdasf8817]

after that they become so relaxed that they sleep forever

[@andrearamirez9924]

@@asdasf8817 yo...I'm in TX with no power and no water. I don't think I'd mind being able to sleep that deeply 🤣

[@kip3427]

Then they thank you by aleeping forever so nice!

[@mariakhan6090]

oh that's a permanent cure, no meds, no bills

[@MaD0MaT]

In short insane asylums were a haven on earth for all kinds of sociopaths who could torture unfortunate souls to death. Great times.

[@smokyquartz5817]

They still are. Pray for them.

[@nathanseper8738]

So the inmates were, literally, in control of the asylum.

[@asei231]

@@smokyquartz5817 i mean, i don't know (in the USA at least) if actual insane asylums are actually a thing anymore, but I've been in a mental hospital (albeit in a more rural area) and the worst person there was just a dick. Actively mentally harming me, but not physically. Everybody else was VERY helpful and honestly idk if I'd be here today if I hadn't had that time.

[@GTAVictor9128]

Rotational therapy puts a whole new meaning to the song "You Spin Me Round (like a record)"

[@CommissarChaotic]

Now that's a good therapy for Murdock.

[@ahuddleston6512]

Dagnabbit....you beat me to it! Wink 😉😉

[@MythSpeed]

You spin me right round

[@jimmym3352]

I know what song will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. Thanks.

[@helenbunnehmummeh5154]

@@jimmym3352 like a record, baby right round, round round...

[@everintransit4240]

I was deaf until I was seven years old. When I got my hearing it was weeks before I could go out with out hearing protection. I was truly traumatized.

[@rileynicholsiii5409]

this is insane!

[@daniyil4843]

What was the moment you realized you could hear, and how did you react? How did your parents react ?

[@netkosent1620]

I'm confused. You just miraculously started hearing or is there a procedure that helped make it possible? Either way, that's awesome you got your hearing and I can only imagine how crazy it would be to have never heard anything and then all of a sudden you can hear everything. Sensory overload.

[@christineparis5607]

I have seen films of children who could hear for the first time. It is amazing!! Very disorienting. You learn to use other senses and suddenly, there is a huge interruption! It's like learning another language....

[@netkosent1620]

@@christineparis5607 That's really awesome! I wasn't aware of such things until now. Very heart warming to know.

[@ALSomthin]

I was working in a demolition site in the 80s that was once an old county mental hospital back in the1900s . I stumbled onto a short tunnel and followed it to a large underground series of long brick rooms that slightly resembled sewers with 10 ft high arched ceilings where they kept people chained to the walls. The manacles were still there, the walls stained with filth and blood from over a century ago. Its still there too unoticed underground with no entrance but a few manholes covers with strange little pieces of glass in it to let in a small bit of light.

[@Napoleonwilson1973]

Where ?

[@meegansandberg1308]

😮

[@ALSomthin]

@@Napoleonwilson1973 Milwaukee County hospital right in back of the water tower.

[@endergamer7483]

Moral therapy is probably one of the first innovations in the treatment of the mentally ill. Every person wants to be treated with respect and sympathy, they want to feel the sun on their face and receive care when in need. Even though, it ended up as shitty as other treatments at the time, it was a step in the right direction.

[@enderdragondoesgaming]

When I was a freshman in highschool I got suspended and they tried to force me into a mental hospital. They said I was not allowed to return to school until I saw a psychologist OR a psychiatrist. I saw one and they said I need to go to a mental hospital. My papa (grandfather) took me to a mental hospital to kinda look at what could be done BEFORE possibly forcing me to stay there and the desk lady gave him a flier for their building and also gave him some tips. Now the thing about this building is it is one of the oldest buildings in my state, I mean that seriously too cause it was 100% concrete and the pipes for ALL the plumping was on the outside of the walls. While I was in that building I stared down the hall leading further in and couldn’t shake a bad feeling I had. I’ll be completely honest here, if I had been forced into a mental hospital and treated in much the same way a few people I know have told me about (getting drugged, emotionally and physically abused, locked in rooms for hours with nothing, and nearly getting assaulted) I would’ve left that hospital and immediately run away. I know my state well and I would’ve gone to find the Colorado river or climb up into the mountains and I would’ve offed myself. I was no where near mentally stable enough to be put through worse abuse but this time by strangers. (I was already emotionally and mental abused until I was a junior in highschool) So to school administrators to tried to force me into a mental hospital *fuck you*

[@masedub976]

what year did this happen?

[@jdsguam]

A childhood friend of mine back in the 60's had electroconvulsive therapy done on him (I believe twice) because his parents thought he acted out too much. He said it was horrific.

[@meegansandberg1308]

Modern day electroshock therapy is far different and much more humane than it was in the 60's. They sedate you first. It's effective for treating depression when drugs don't work. I have a couple of friends who get it done. They told me the doctor gives you some medicine that puts you to sleep and when you wake up, you feel A LOT BETTER!!

[@Ghislain82]

I'm a mental health nurse that works in Canada. Many things have improved in the field of mental health. I must admit though that your reports on poor funding and training made realize that some things don't change. Governments generally never invest much real money into mental health. It doesn't win them many votes for the money invested. They would much rather spend the tax money on building a factory so that said workers would be inclined to vote for them then take care of the mentally I'll who will likely never vote for anyone their whole lives.

[@Cuplex1]

Interesting, so the general principle was to torture patients until they gave up their insanity. What could go wrong. 🙂

[@foodofthegods]

Yep. Great idea. Constant unending pain. Infallible.

[@revaslatts4301]

Try everything

[@Kitsune54333]

I feel disgusted to those 'psychiatrists'

[@theville9885]

I love how the jokes aren't jokes.

[@noahgtg]

True That lol

[@randallpetroelje3913]

You spoke the truth. Thanks 🙏 is go bat shit crazy on some of those “orderlies “ and May get medal for it.

[@CyanBlackflower]

@@babyjeeterplug887 I smoke crack & worship Satan instead of jail, got the same result and a permanent position in "HIGH" Govnt. So What?

[@witeporcelan]

Do not man?

[@averagejoe1659]

You mean aren't funny

[@onixmoon6958]

I live in the UK and have been admitted to a mental hospital, sad to say it hasn't changed much. The "humanitarian" restraints they do are designed to dislocate joints if the patient struggles and these restraints are often used without real cause, the beds you are given to sleep on are rubber gym mats (usually seen in primary school) on top of a poorly painted concrete bed, akin to the ones you see in a police station, food is also awful, usually left out in the hallway uncovered with no heat lamps for hours and unless a dietary need is medical or religious it is ignored, you are not allowed to order or bring in your own food and if you cannot or will not eat what is provided you run the risk of being "tubed" force fed by a tube inserted through the nose or mouth while being pinned down. I was placed in the mental hospital after admitting I felt taking my own life, at this point I had made no attempt or even self harmed. I was sectioned under the mental health act for 1 week against my will and when I was released I was given no after care to deal with the trauma I had faced. The only difference between the treatment of mental health patients then and now is legality and blame shifting.

[@10tus61]

What year was it? I've been reading the comments and some folks there were actually claiming thst mental hospitals in your country looks pretty humane though. May you recover from your trauma btw. *sends virtual hugs*

[@thetruthwillout9094]

As someone who got sectioned due to PTSD after my time in the army I have to say it saved my life. Yes, there were people there who you would cross over the road to avoid but the doctors and nurses who work in these wards are life savers, just as much in the sense surgeons are.

[@peculiarlittleman5303]

Today it's a calling, to all but a few; then it was a job that, probably, had great appeal to control freaks and sadists. They're still their, but not as prevalent. There are some who scapegoat their patients. I hope you have found peace with your memories. I haven't with mine; but I think I'm finally on the right track.

[@wmdkitty]

This comment needs more likes!

[@janedoe6704]

Ive found mixed responses. Some people are very satisfied with their experience while others are abused and traumatized. I'm so glad that you had a good experience and you are doing better now.

[@isabelacruvinel7604]

Ironically, it gave me excruciating PTSD 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Theggman83]

A non mentally ill person is accused of being mentally ill and dangerous, gets locked up under the order of lying family, and judges and doctors with no empathy... Is later subjected to torture and horrible living conditions... Can't imagine why that wouldn't drive someone crazy.

[@Stratozfearz]

Thank god I wasn't born back in those days. Dealing with my mental illness is already exhausting for me as is. I couldn't imagine dealing with mental illness back then and going to one of those facilities.

[@zombiasnow15]

You would be too hopped up on downers to know any different!🤪

[@zwippie92]

You would expect that patients injected with malaria would die from it but I did think that more than 15% would die from it, considering the very fine and sanitary asylums at the time

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Yeah, all things considered they did a pretty good job keeping you from dying from the malaria they gave you

[@fattyjaybird7505]

"You just gotta listen to the science"

[@iamcurious9541]

Considering general paresis, caused by neurosyphilis is considered inevitably fatal if left untreated, this absolutely are quite improved survival odds.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

@@iamcurious9541 True. And even if syphilis doesn't make it to the brain, it still damages your liver over time, which can also kill you (that takes a lot longer than neurosyphilis though)

[@user-iq7mk3gb9w]

I think that most patient would become very weak, and then killed by those therapy, so their deaths does not count to malaria.

[@fabulouspink8920]

Even though they've come a long way, how we treat and view mental illness nowadays seems highly flawed and will one day be viewed similarly to how we view past mental illness treatments.

[@rolandkatsuragi]

As someone who's been hospitalized multiple times in the past five years, the quality of treatment really does depend on the facility.

[@iamz_mbie]

this is underappreciated. i've seen mixed comments about the quality of asylums today and i believe it's because not all asylums are the same or as modernized

[@cheetoduster252]

”Beat her with a broom stick handle for crying” Seems kind of counterproductive don't you think?

[@Demonmixer]

Probably based on parenting techniques, as in "Stop fucking crying or I'll hit you again". Seen that many times.

[@kr1221E]

This type of treatment, stop crying or I will beat you makes the person block out their feelings and dissociate, then then grow up behaving destructively and not knowing why.

[@ENZOxDV9]

Beat someone for long enough and they'll stop crying. Might work temporarily but not permanently

[@TheRealSqueets]

"Objects Ive Shoved Up My Arse..."

[@TheBlackAxe1]

It's the Old (D)adage, "Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about!"

[@thenewworldofpeace7819]

I’m in a mental health facility right now due to PTSD from military service. I’m going through EMDR and it’s difficult but this place has saved my life. Sure there’s a few nurse Ratchets but for the most part the staff are amazing.

[@thenewworldofpeace7819]

@Traveller98 wow that post just brought some tears cause I look back and I see a sad and overwhelmed human being. Thank you very much for asking. I am well. I truly hope you are too.

[@suimeingwong2043]

One of my favorite therapies for phobias was Death Therapy. The patient would be strapped to a table and lowered into a large tank filled with water until they pass out or drowned. It was reasoned that once the patient had experienced death, they would now be free of their fear. Unfortunately it didn't remove the poor souls' affliction but instead made them also afraid of their Doctor, that is if they could be resuscitated.

[@beyond-the-terror4078]

This made me cry :( Humans are truly sadistic.

[@buffaloman9671]

You know whats scarier? If you dig down deep enough, you'll find that you're capable of the same horrible things. All humans are.

[@beyond-the-terror4078]

@@buffaloman9671 everyone is capable of murder, it just takes that one thing to push you over the edge, to make you snap.

[@barbmcelderry9164]

@@buffaloman9671 that isn’t scary. Nothing is! Sit back down on the merry-go-round of life, laced with beautiful promises only to stab you in the back and leave you for dead.

[@Yourlibrarian]

2:05 damn, he really went after Gwyneth Paltrow... well deserved though.

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

He has better smelling candles.

[@Yourlibrarian]

@@oracleofdelphi4533 I bet he has candles that smell like knowledge.

[@VintageNarwhal]

@@Yourlibrarian I bet he has candles made of knowledge.

[@Yourlibrarian]

@@VintageNarwhal hahahaha that makes more sense.

[@throttle1000]

What's going on with her? I'm out of the loop.

[@azatir4490]

Compared to these asylums my stay at a mental hospital was like a vacation at five star hotel.

[@RAMBO14001]

I want in!

[@ulunkwulunk]

How good is a five star hotel?

[@lasheenapottinger7405]

@@ulunkwulunk the best, greatest experience 😭

[@darlenefraser3022]

Even today’s asylums are sketchy at best. I had a problem with serious anxiety so my doctor sent me to one to get electro-shock therapy (this is merely an electrical solution to a lobotomy which I didn’t know at the time). The “nurses” in the ward had no degrees and were just wardens and were very lacking at conflict control. I was put into a population of inmates that were there because they couldn’t be charged due to mental instability even though I was there for an optional procedure. I was extremely traumatized by the staff and then constantly looking behind my back for the criminally insane. I CANNOT believe that such conditions are allowed in today’s modern world. What you saw in this video isn’t far off from existing “medical care” for those suffering from debilitating mental issues (that don’t put you in the “completely nuts” category).

[@barriefarmsjr]

I’ve thought about what if somebody had the complete opposite color pallet as yours but you would never know because you learned all the colors the same when you were young and there would be no way to prove it

[@Scarethelocals]

Shit. This just broke my brain. That would be fuxking mad

[@reachandler3655]

I've often wondered about that too. I'm not aware of any way to determine if I perceive blue the same as another. On an interesting segway, apparently ancient Greeks couldn't see the colour blue...

[@guitarguru.3572]

About 30 miles from where I live is the now defunct Tans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. It was the epitome of this sort of treatment. They do night tours on Halloween. It’s absolutely chilling.

[@Napoleonwilson1973]

The building is beautiful I’d love to visit

[@pinballrobbie]

After seeing " One flew over the Cuckoo's nest" I was really scared to go to the doctors when I suffered from depression. The thought of giving up my freedom to psychopaths haunts me to this day, I'm now 66.

[@10tus61]

Are you fine now?

[@pinballrobbie]

@@10tus61 I have learned to turn feeling bad around by choosing to be happy- it works most of the time.

[@BobbyP5985]

@@pinballrobbie I’m depressed constantly and always in a bad mood.

[@aaronowens9998]

Clearly shows there was never hope for humanity from the get go

[@jeanninegodwin2285]

Nazi''s running the asylums!

[@jeanninegodwin2285]

@ImAProudIndian True!

[@Vivi_9]

@@Gamfluent you're brainwashed

[@yaaassbitch8704]

@@Gamfluent ooh another trumpist I wonder if you participated in the capitol riots?

[@jwalster9412]

let the toxic wars begin!

[@ClayArtGirl]

My college was a former mental institution. The classrooms and layout of the school is definitely prison like. Only about half of the buildings are in use and the other half is abandoned. It can be really creepy in the abandoned areas of the school.

[@adammarktaylor]

In the early to mid 1800s, my 4th Great Grandfather appears to be living with another woman as his 'wife' while away for work, while my 4th Great Grandmother was home with the children. She ended up in an Asylum where she lived the last years of her life and died. I don't know exactly what the story was, but I think I can make a good guess.

[@71avalon36]

I spent a week some years back in an inpatient facility for depression and suicidal thoughts and people like me were thrown in together with truly insane (and dangerous) people...no segregation for anyone's safety. The only outside time you got was a tiny fenced-in area not much bigger than most folks' bedroom closets. Yeah, things are better now than the past, but not much. Staff don't put their hands on you unless absolutely necessary, but they were still some of the worst, non-giving-a-sh** people I've encountered. So, in a nutshell, if you're not legitimately insane when you first get in there, you definitely will be if you're in there long enough.

[@montanagal6958]

better off going into the woods to live

[@mutecryptid]

That’s why I’ve never gone so my symptoms get worse but all my friends had bad experiences. Especially since my normal doctors don’t believe me my entire life until this year. It sucks so much

[@aaronwernz5788]

I think what really makes you think in this video is that many of the people probably honestly thought they were helping. It makes you question some of the medical procedures we see as acceptable today. In the future we might not see them as quite so revolutionary and helpful. We might even see them as barbaric.

[@donm5354]

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean THEY really aren't out to get YOU!

[@fibskrazula]

These sort of atrocities have happened as recently as within the last 25 years in USA, I'd not be surprised if they still happened now. I have a personal experiences from when I was interred in a similar place. Another patient was having an asthma attack and trying to get the attention of one of the staff that was engaged in a personal call behind her desk, the staff was ignoring the patient; I was worried the patient might die and was pissed at the staff for ignoring so I reached over and hung up the phone (poor decision, I am aware, but the response was unwarranted). A few moments later and the staff came up behind me and injected me in the butt with a sedative drug, it didn't knock me all the way out, but made everything go really quiet and made it hard to move for a few minutes. The staff and another dragged me into the "quiet room", which is basically a seclusion cell with no bed, toilet, or any sort of furniture; they left me there as punishment for many hours, eventually I had to pee and since there was no drain it pooled near the center of the room and I had to lay beside it on the floor to try to sleep. They let me out later that day. That was the only time I was treated in such a cruel manner, but I witnessed similar things happen to others. Also multiple kids were inappropriately interacted with by a single nurse on a single day, not one of the daily staff, it was a special nurse that was brought for our "check-ups".

[@cindystrachan8566]

I did my psych training at Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital (as it was called in 1986) which was a Kirkbride hospital. In their museum was the log book showing that on the first day there were 10 admissions, which included several women being committed for “menstrual intemperances.”

[@PresidentialWinner]

That lobotomy thing is one of the most insane (no pun intended) facts of history. And it's so recent! Our grandparents could have been lobotomized.

[@montanagal6958]

kept em quiet...mind control

[@iamz_mbie]

well you also gotta think people are just now getting comfortable with the fact that they have emotions

[@meegansandberg1308]

The doctor who invented the lobotomy was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for it. What really confuses me is that even though it didn't improve anyone's mental state and cause a whole slew of other problems, (lost of emotional control, incontinence, etc) people still kept performing them! And not just on the mentally ill either! Oh, they were a great cure all. One of the Kennedy women was born mentally challenged. When she got old enough she wanted to become sexually active. In those days, people wanted to keep mentally challenged people like children. The Kennedy's solution to their problem was to get her a lobotomy. She was never the same again. She lost control of her emotions and was prone to fits of intense anger. She became incontinent. And whole lot of other bad stuff. It wrecked her life. 😢

[@Hedrocks]

This struck a chord with me as i suffer with mental illness and can say even though the barbaric practices of the past have somewhat gone. There is still the stigma that remains and a general looking down even from medical staff to people with mental health. I was once asked by a nurse in a mental ward I was in if I was quote unquote crazy. I can only hope things get better for people like myself.

[@mrniceguy4277]

13:48 I believe the idea was to induce a fever, which was thought to be necessary to heal syphilis. And somehow they thought injecting Malaria was a good method to induce fever. So what I'm trying to say is, it was not the Malaria (Plasmodium) which would kill the Syphillis (Treponema), but the accompanied fever that was supposed to aid the immune response.

[@NicciZelda]

Honestly, things in mental hospitals really haven't changed too terribly much, unfortunately. At 13 I was shackled to a chair, given shock treatment, & held down & forced to take medication (that I didn't need...) A few other times, still as a teenager, the ol' ice-water-bath-tub-toss was used multiple times, they put my in a straight jacket for eating some chips when it "wasn't feeding time", & the food we were always given was just very questionable trofts of......goo? That if you didn't eat you were either not allowed to eat anything for the rest of the day, or they held you down & force-fed it to you (if you were at some "risk" of an ED -in their *humble opinion*) This all took place between 2003 through 2015. Icky stuff, mate edit: (trigger warning) I wanted to clarify that the reason I was even institutionalized in the first place was because I was assaulted, & it really fucked me up. I confessed the "incident" to the school therapist, who ordered my mother to "make me" colour my hair to a "natural" colour, get rid of all my "goth" clothes & make me conform - I was the angsty goth kid in a tiiinyy tiny town - where I was pulled out of school without my parents consent, put in a car, & hauled off to the nearest city with a mental hospital. The sheriff that was there, whom I told my virginity-theft to in detail, told me that "if you paint a target on your back, expect to get shot at" & told me I "shouldn't wear such revealing clothing, then". Super happy fun times!

[@jmewlsn]

Hope I get a moustache like Thoughty2 one day 🙂

[@blyxx7450]

We all do even the women

[@Dylan-qj8gj]

it's a pretty average moustache

[@suzannax]

@@Dylan-qj8gj sacrilege 😜

[@LadyAdakStillStands]

Get one or grow one?!

[@paulwalton1222]

Never ever trust a man with a moustache and no beard. Thoughty 2 and maybe freddy mercury are just a couple of rare exceptions

[@Francesscamontero]

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT TIMING A YEAR AGO FROM NEXT WEEK WOULD BE A YEAR SINCE IVE BEEN IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL FOR DEPRESSION AND FINALLY GOT DIGNOSED AND GIT HELP FOR MY MENTAL HEALTH AND SAVED MY LIFE

[@champ1159]

Congratulations on getting better dude!

[@part-timedebiru9681]

Ironically those "medical professionals" should be the ones in asylums for their crazy ideas

[@ScientistCat]

How much would you bet, those who claimed these "treatments" would work and even provided an explanation, never offered themselves as test subjects to verify those claims? Such as "hydrotherapy" which "resets the nervous system" - but whoever said it worked that way, has never gotten himself immersed in ice-cold water to see if his mood was "reset" as well.

[@meegansandberg1308]

In the most severe cases of hydro therapy, the patients died of pneumonia. 😮

[@diegobeusekamp3887]

I personally have lived in an group home, and i can tell you that sadlly enough. That there are still so much cases of abuse in there. When i talked back because my rights where violated they would trow me in seperation. For 3 days. Only a bed and toilet no windows and 1 light that was on 24 hours a day. So there are still cases of abuse

[@kd1s]

All I know is in the U.S. they emptied out the asylums and then we saw the inevitable consequences. Instead of all those people getting real treatment for mental disease they either ended up arrested for crimes they committed and sent to prison or outright killed by police. So we really have to ask what the solution should be because so far they've all been sub-optimal.

[@zakosist]

I personally think mental asylums are actually worse than those things. Maybe that's a bit subjective and could depend on the exact asylum. But which one would you rather go through? I feel like I would actually rather be in a regular prison, at least you aren't tied down for hours and constantly forced to take drugs even when they make you worse, and there is often a set time you would get out. But you have a point I think we lack any truly good solutions that could work on larger scale

[@la_belle_heaulmiere]

Many people of emptied out psychiatric hospitals ended up homeless and/or self medicating too. This only adds to the stigmas those suffering from mental illnesses already face.

[@stephenfolland7767]

Hi Thoughty. Amazing videos. I'm a happy subscriber learning from you every day even though I'm almost twice your age! Just something I wanted to mention; in the UK at least, ECT is still very commonly administered. Muscle relaxants are now used and the average 'patient' receiving ECT being lower than ever in social status means that this is now something that is 'sanitised' and increasingly happens in the dark corners of society, but it still happens, a lot!

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

I've known 2 women who were given ect, both suffered permanent memory loss

[@TheEevje]

During my (healthcare) studies we visited the giselain museum in gent (belgium). It used to be a mental asylum and they turned it into a museum. Very interesing to see.

[@TheOcculticUnicorn]

I believe some people *cough*abusers*cough* still believe torturing someone helps.

[@trevormcpherson5258]

The police in a lot of countries could learn something from these asylums about better ways of "subduing" people. In Australia it's still common practice to "subdue" people with three coppers kneeling on your back.

[@Tony-zs2ow]

I don't know if she could get in trouble but a family member told me about her mental hospitals history and it had stuff that would be horror movie material. Like taking patients with no family under the facility and use them to test the most dangerous drugs. Then there's a lady there who was only post to be there for a couple of weeks but is still there 60 years over do, do to drugs being given to her damaging her mental health more. Finally after they tested harmful drugs on these people they would incinerate them with there very own under ground incinerator. Some employees say that the trail of money for these test went pretty high.

[@jeanninegodwin2285]

Oh, how horrendous! Having learned of other horrors, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. This is really terrible, a crime and a sin against the 5th Commandment!

[@christineparis5607]

There is nothing more frightening than those who take advantage of those who are helpless...

[@komerwest3748]

You forget about the females that where used as sex toys not just for staff and doctors but men on the outside that had the coin.

[@jeanninegodwin2285]

@@komerwest3748 What coin? My sister is mildly mentally disabled and has had her rights violated repeatedly in hospital psych wards. Once they knocked her out against her will with an injected drug; when she woke up she found that they had done a gynecological exam on her without her prior consent! There was no good reason for this exam and my sister had never made a request for it and had no complaints requiring this exam. She was furious and felt violated!

[@saintmichael1779]

@@jeanninegodwin2285 "The coin" means money.

[@itsSebastianl0lz]

I’d rather get spun in a chair and throw up than getting shock therapy or being turned in a vegetable tbh

[@dancingwiththedogsdj]

Considering I find it fun to sit in a chair and spin.... I can think of at least a million other things I'd also rather do than those alternatives.... I know many don't find it as amusing as I might, but I think almost anyone would choose that kind of chair over shock treatment or anything like that. Weeeeeeee!!! Have great day / night y'all!! My apologies for simply assuming you meant just spinning in an office type chair or something, not the rotational therapy described in the video... I'd still probably prefer it vs the other options, but probably not as easily as I was originally thinking. I wasn't trying to make fun of the original comment in the first place, but yeah, what was described is probably no where near as fun as a few moments of spinning oneself in a chair where you're still typically in control for the most part. Maybe not so, "Weeeeeeeee!". 🤢🤮

[@limerence_couture]

Me too...

[@ryanhunter226]

Its a bit like saying I'd rather get cauterised than be boiled to death though isn't it? Sure one is terminal, but both are unimaginably agonising and miserable. Given the particular condition, someone who suffered from anxiety and intense psychotic episodes would probably find the rotating chair horrible. It would be very humiliating too to know that the staff are below watching in amusement as you are vomiting and (both figuratively and literally) shitting yourself. Given that back then Rollercoasters and Multiaxial Chairs were non existent and no one had ever been dangled from a great height and swung around like a Yo Yo, it would have been pretty terrifying.

[@victoria-iu9xd]

Same , I especially fear lobotomy because it is so unsettling, the fact this can turn a smart, capable individual into a being that is deed almost useless and in many cases, I think that if their past self were to see the after lobotomy version of them, they would be embarrassed and sad and mad and basically every negative emotions on the bloody spectrum. I guess because I am someone who value intelligence , capabilities and desire to be of use to myself and society, this practice most frightens me. The thought of becoming stupid is so unbearable that I would rather die a horrific death than live the rest of my life dumber than a bloody cattles. The worst thing is back then in the Victorian era ,it was speculated that there were sex slaves trafficking with many of the victims being asylum patients , the significant percentage was lobotomized ones. I guess those bloody half wit bruisers just liked to take advantage of the unfortunate, those who had their abilities, their wits, their intelligence and their mind striped straight out of them. I can't use enough words to describe how I despise lobotomy. It's like reducing a human being to a mindless, brainless cattle to serve some tosser's sick desires

[@danielboard9510]

People with enduring mental health problems, are still seen as a threat. This hasn't changed! To think mental health treatment and perception, has changed that much is wrong. We have not created a utopia for people with mental health problems yet. We are far, far from that.

[@kristianmurphy4833]

YES, AGREED!

[@janedoe6704]

This is dead on correct!

[@lisapop5219]

There is beneficial outcomes with electro therapy for extremely depressed patients and that's why it's still used, but definitely not in the way it was back then. Informed consent and therapeutic levels are much better enforced now. It's basically considered a last resort therapy.

[@zachcrawford5]

I think the voltages and power they use is much less and is localized to areas of the brain that show evidence of malfunctioning. Deep brain stimulation can do wonders for certain kinds of depression, seizures and tremors and is being studied for many other disorders and even for promoting recovery after cirtain brain injuries.

[@clinttaylor4032]

Suggest you read DR. Breggin’s critique of ECT and it’s supposed action of effectiveness. He likens it to what you see with closed head injuries. Usually, following the initial injury , the patient will report a lifting of mood . Yet this eventually collapses , just like with ECT that often require “ refresher “” shocking. Again,following the injury from the shock there would be a short lived mood lift . BTW , Dr . Rush , the father of the APA , diagnosed runaway slaves as having a mental illness called drapteomania. . Yes wanting freedom is symptom of mental illness. This attitude still is often found in many doctors.

[@prophecyempresslerena358]

These practices make the mental hospital I went to sound like a mental health paradise, but while we've made progress since the horrors described in this video, I can tell you we still have a long way to go with mental health treatment.

[@samh9528]

It's terrifying to think that I almost certainly would have been locked up in one of those hell holes had I been born just 100 years earlier.

[@MichaelSHartman]

Nothing is wrong. Let's give them PTSD. This video gave me chills.

[@sakarihaapala2200]

Someone lifted the curtain covering the stage of truth with this statement. But that is my wild way of thinking and I was only making hypothesis. Maybe I live in deception and fallacy. But so does many others like anti-vaccine protestors who won`t believe in widespread empirical proof and scientific concensus on which our knowledge is based on that sane and logically rationalizing people would believe.

[@zaubermaus8190]

sadly, EKT (electro shock therapy) is, at least in germany, STILL used as a treatment for depression... and there are actually patients who choose that therapy voluntarily... when i was myself a patient at an otherwise reputable psychiatric hospital for treatment of paranoid schizophrenia and affection (bipolar) phases, i saw first hand how confused and disoriented those people came back from a "session" of applying high charged electricity into their brains. shocker i know X_x

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

I'm sure they exist all around the world. I live in America, and I know someone who lives in America who received electroshock treatment. It's a last resort treatment and is done in much safer practices and with much more precautions than back then.

[@MichaelHall-rs9py]

It's still used here in America. My family forced me into the hospital in 2016 and it was offered to me there.

[@Sandlous]

I received it for some time while i was around 15ish. It saved my life, and I am eternally grateful I was able to get it. Nothing has ever worked on me as well as ECT, and it was the one time in my life since I was 10 that I was happy. I am now 20.

[@frogbones4018]

Its used in a much safer manner now, and it saves many peoples lives. Its also a last resort treatment.

[@zaubermaus8190]

@@frogbones4018 they said the same thing about lobotomy ;) thing is, they just roll the dice and hope for the best with this treatment, not knowing at all how and what in the brain will be affected and that's just not the right way to do a medical procedure. even if it turns out to be beneficial sometimes.

[@c.ladimore1237]

extra likes for outing the nutter paltrow.

[@dmc2736]

Being someone who was in psych facilities for 7 long years, I see a lot of similarities with current practices. Its a fucking atrocity.

[@BoltzmannX]

They still do external lobotomies they just disguise it as "antipsychotics"

[@brbtrg]

@@BoltzmannX Exactly.

[@herrschmidt5477]

@@BoltzmannX so tell me: where did anybody get a lobotomy these days?

[@brianmartinez6287]

@@BoltzmannX how bad are they? Iam on a small dose right now...

[@brianmartinez6287]

@Hippy Dippy interesting

[@ZENMASTERME1]

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” ~Albert Einstein

[@mizomint4197]

... Why do you keep spamming this misquote?

[@kinky2526]

@@mizomint4197 welcome to youtube where people mistake it for reddit. Lol I also wonder this. You actually get recognized with karma for "good comments" or interesting responses. You get nothing from youtube period lol

[@ZENMASTERME1]

@@mizomint4197 “It’s hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it’s damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.” ~Bill Murray

[@TaigaGaoo]

@@mizomint4197 You can argue about it if you want, but ultimately no one truly knows who said that. It's is attributed to Einstein simply because the Author of the book where that quote came out mentioned the quote to come from an astronomer and then some pages after while discussing astrology he credited Einstein. At the end of the day, literally no one knows the truth. You can't prove Einstein didn't say it and people can't fully prove he said it. So what's the point of arguing about it?

[@goldenrule7807]

@@mizomint4197 The simple fact that you don’t understand, obviously makes you a useful idiot! God for bid if someone like zenmasterme, puts out quotes to make people look a little deeper into their own humanity. Unequivocally Zen is sowing the seeds of critical thinking, and that will never be a bad thing. 🤔💭

[@The_Nightsong]

I'm so glad I'm born in this day and age. Having several mental health issues, including bipolar, I'm afraid to think about how my life would have been back then....

[@rme5596]

How’s your life now?

[@The_Nightsong]

@@rme5596, it's been a struggle, but my life is actually the best it has ever been ^_^ I know I won't be able to live life as a "normal" person, so I'm grateful for what I can get. I have my own apartment, I'm stable on medications, and have a great support system with family, friends, and doctors ^_^

[@victoria-iu9xd]

Death most likely death or being reduced to a brainless dimwit, which by all means is a more terrible fate than death themselves

[@The_Nightsong]

@@victoria-iu9xd so true. I would rather die than being a zombie :/

[@pattih7]

@@The_Nightsong Happy for your progress! Pray it continues, and your life expands even more, over time! Having that loving support, is most important to thrive, along with a personal space in which to live and express yourself. Truly helpful Medical support makes a huge impact on anyone’s health. Prayers for you🙏🧡

[@priestessholleywood]

Moral of the story: These people thought they could cure the world... no different now, regardless of profession.

[@clairescoffin]

I read Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly in high school. I think it’s a free audiobook. Only about 4ish hours from what I remember. The story blew my mind.

[@Slevin-Kelevra]

I wonder when Thoughty 2 will find out Forty 2 highjacked his channel?

[@Femaiden]

"Fawty Too here."

[@specialed6357]

He says farty two. Or with his accent it's faurty two

[@whyjnot420]

For anyone interested, there is a documentary released in 1967 consisting of actual footage from the Bridgewater Hospital for the Criminally Insane. It shows how horrible it could be inside of one of these places, and this a place that was given exactly what the name suggests. It is one of the most difficult documentaries to get through which I have ever seen, there are only 2 that I rank in the same echelon.... Night and Fog, a French docu on the holocaust made in 1956 & the 2009 docu Enemies of the People which is about Pol Pot and what he did with Cambodia, including perhaps the single most chilling interview I have ever seen in a documentary (and I watch tons of docus) with Noun Chea who was Pol Pot's right hand man for the slaughter that happened (the interview happened just before that PoS was arrested for crimes against humanity and war crimes.... not to mention interviews with some of the people who were the actual people slitting the throats of their countrymen in rather shocking detail. That I pair Titicut Follies with no holds barred documentaries on those two nadirs of humans having humanity should truly emphasize just how hard it can hit a viewer. I mean, its basiclly Sam Fuller's Shock Corridor, but real. This was in the late 60s........... taking that and then giving it the "76x more messed up due to bad assumptions" multiplier that older times like the Victorian era had, is nightmare fuel created by Beelzebub, consisting of piss from Perkele and the blood of Leviathan and sweetend by the death of all the children who died in Victorian Britain from tuberculosis from the "healthy" milk their parents gave them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titicut_Follies en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemies_of_the_People_(film) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_and_Fog_(1956_film) Just to hammer the point in, all three of these are very hard on any viewer that is not a blatant sociopath. This is also what makes these three documentaries something that every person really needs to watch.

[@daveb5041]

*Even today to go into a mental hospital is scary as hell, with locked doors no belts shoe laces, pens pencils, and people checking on you every 15 minutes is scary. The nurses are really nice the food is good and they really help you alot seeing a doctor everyday getting your meds on time and they protect you from the really crazies and put them in a special ward. By the time you leave you feel much better and are kind of sad to leave*

[@christineparis5607]

Being accepted for being yourself is always had to leave. It is the most comforting thing to be accepted as you are.

[@felipepubillones2768]

Yeah... Until that 1 patient books to the door threatening all in site

[@christineparis5607]

@@felipepubillones2768 What is your experience of that happening?

[@felipepubillones2768]

@@christineparis5607 psych clerkships

[@wmdkitty]

Yes, so awful to make sure the patients haven't harmed themselves... so "scary"...

[@hijodelaisla275]

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

[@CrusaderKnight2000]

Clever turn of phrase.

[@johnbarber4549]

@@CrusaderKnight2000 he got that from Tom Waites.

[@johnbarber4549]

Tom Waites.

[@isheetfromaswhole3657]

Are you a high school teacher? If so, then do you remember the song AND the reason for explaining the song? Are you my high school teacher?????

[@hijodelaisla275]

@@johnbarber4549 You're right; I should have credited Dr. Demento (before Waites, I think) for those who are unfamiliar. It seemed an appropriate time for the quote.

[@Pantheragem]

"American Horror Story: Asylum" is basically a documentary. (Also one of the best seasons of television in history.)

[@Psps9877]

Alright Faramir

[@mohammedfahadnyc1385]

Exactly my thoughts

[@Pantheragem]

@@Psps9877 That's a new one, but thank you.

[@mutecryptid]

I was humming the song throughout the entire video 😅

[@marcosofsky2605]

The Quakers got it right! Showing compassion and caring is always a good thing.

[@ReynaSingh]

Keep up the good content thoughty2 🙏

[@godslaughter]

Wow. I've always known about horrendous treatment of psychiatric patients but you gave me more details. The more I learn about the heinous acts performed by humans on other humans, I just see more evidence as to why non-human animals are so mistreated. If humans can perform inhumane acts on those they deem different simply based on their behaviour or skin colour, you can only imagine what horrors they do to those less fortunate than having laws that at least give them "human rights". Disgusting.

[@dapperwolf6034]

The thumbnail: what's really inside an asylum? Me: in the corner REEEEEEEEEE

[@eliausi9696]

You have a natural talent for relaying interesting and valuable dark history in a light-hearted way. It's actually very difficult to do with humour but also respectfully. Kudos.

[@kushagrasharma6541]

To everyone that's confused about how the comments are older than the video, he probably set the premiere to a certain time but countries like japan are much ahead than most of the other countries, resulting in them getting the video first. Just my hypothesis though.

[@rutgerb]

That is not how time works :D

[@vckard6793]

Hmm, but I think youtube just converts it to other countries' time doesn't it?

[@MotivationFitnessQC]

If you join hes channel as a supporter, i believe you can see the video before the "official release"

[@kushagrasharma6541]

@@MotivationFitnessQC Aaah yah. That makes MUCH more sense lol.

[@Talia.777]

@@kushagrasharma6541 🤣🤣🤣

[@dscrd1]

Take an unstable mind and wreck it even more, that should do the trick!

[@denniskoppo4259]

I wonder how that investigative journalist got OUT of the asylum to write her story after she convinced everyone she was crazy enough to get in.

[@piconano]

We are not much better today! Our understanding of how the brain works is not much better either. Ask any expert and all you hear is "We are not sure why, but.."

[@sakarihaapala2200]

PicoNano We have only theories and few almost certain empirical and psychological/neurological correlations in the field of neurology/psychology. But many of these neurological and psychological empiric experiments (based on some theory) need a consent of many volunteer patients and maybe (I say maybe because I don`t know, I have no knowledge from neuropsychological science) some of these experiments may require neglect against basic human rights. Neuroscience is as tough field of science as cosmology but maybe it is even tougher because the scientifical community in neurology/psychology needs to deal with basic ethical questions and law.

[@TraTranc]

The USSR banned lobotomy in the 1950s as part of their destalinization process. During the Stalin era, a lot of political opponents were institutionalized and lobotomized. Once he died, the Khruschev administration forcefully removed (almost) all vestiges of Stalin's era, down to the way several scientific disciplines practices were conceived and carried on.

[@HOFyGS]

got asylum by Disturbed playing in my head after reading the title, such weird phenomenon lol

[@thisisntevenmyfinalform2025]

same lmao

[@mosu95]

That music video is a pretty accurate description too

[@EugeneAxe]

I got runaway train by Soul Asylum

[@davemustaine9687]

Good song.

[@specialed6357]

My favorites are They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! by Napoleon XIV, Existential Blues by Tom (T-Bone) Stankus, Flagpole Sitta, Hurt, Madness by Muse, Psycho by Puddle Of Mudd, Lonely Day by System Of A Down, Jumper by Third Eye Blind, How To Save A Life by The Fray, Last Resort by Papa Roach, Desperately Wanting by Better Than Ezra, Hey Man Nice Shot by Filter, etc... And since I have A.D.H.D. as well, the song Sail by AWOLNATION. I'm also a big fan of anything Nirvana like Lithium and Dumb for example.

[@bryanthebreadstick5266]

The sociopaths that ran and abused the patients are more insane than the patients.

[@emmaselmeci966]

I remember reading this story of a young transgender person who was attemted to be cured by electro-shock therapy. It was truly horrible indeed.

[@sean.durham999]

Becoming aware of the treatment of people in these asylums has made me very angry and sad.

[@crazykhespar8487]

As long as you have the same structures within your eyes, you do see the same colors. Larger amounts of cones or rods would affect how saturated and how bright some colors are, or, in the case of Retinitus Pigmentosa, a serious darkening of things in shadow. Someones red would not be someone else's blue, unless they both had specific types of colorblindness.

[@robertgaines-tulsa]

Asylums: a place to go when you want to go insane.

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

Oh yes, crazy things go on inside insane asylums. That is why hospitals, prisons, and battlefields are some of the most ghost haunted places.

[@herrschmidt5477]

......

[@misakisakakibara4532]

*_Y E S ._*

[@Scarethelocals]

Makes sense

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

I have an acquaintance who visited one of the World War 2 German Nazi concentration camps and he said he could feel a heavy paranormal psychic creepy energy vibes all over the place. His head radar was going off like a fire alarm.

[@herrschmidt5477]

@@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164 well it sure has a grim feeling to stand where millions were idustrially killed. But that's just normal feelings, nothing special, sorry.

[@cathleenmoyle1476]

What treatments and punishments went on in the asylums back then makes being forcefully restrained in a jacket and locked away in a padded room without reason sound humane in comparison. Though they still did use those straightjackets a lot back in those days, usually to calm patients down. They were considered humane enough since unlike being chained to a wall or strapped to a bed, they could at least move their legs and didn't seem to apply much pressure to the wearer. Unfortunately, due to poorly trained staff without real knowledge of who was actually violent or needed the restraint, they were misused a lot.

[@debbylou5729]

Nettle Bligh was smart. She entered the institution with the full knowledge of the newspaper she worked for. It was this connection that enabled her to leave. They had to testify that she was sane and doing a piece

[@user-zi8lg5qu1h]

"What IF we spin them around very fast" "Why?" "Why not maybe it helps and even if it doesn't it will be a great show nonetheless"

[@greenflagracing7067]

in a modern mental health facility, doors marked "EXIT" may lead to a dead or blind end. think about why.

[@Nimoyoo]

I love the fact that each time, I learn more and more. Love the consistency.

[@ericshepherd7786]

My experience being in a psych ward in modern society made me want to never come back. I watched a nurse kick an unconscious patient repeatedly who was clearly being over medicated causing him to pass out.. then they had the staff shut the doors so we couldn’t see what else what they were doing to him. I was in such fear knowing that these people who were in charge could do this to anyone being all on the same side which could possibly hurt us. I never felt so unsafe in a hospital setting.. they also made me stay longer than I was supposed too be there for causing my mental state to get even worse from being stuck in that small room all day only looking forward to the next meal then being told by your doctor that you’ll be discharged tomorrow when in reality they would just lead you on only causing you to lose your sanity even more also if you were sleeping or isolating yourself in your room for most of the day they would make you stay longer deeming that as a sign of depression LOL that’s kind of the reason why I admitted myself in the first place? so I told the doctor I was better & that I’m ready to get on with my life knowing I have a job at stake which I could possibly lose for being out of work for so long ... they said I could sign a discharge form then possibly be sent home in 2-3 days but the doctor who was seeing all of the patients on my floor was an asshole so if you filled out a discharge form he wouldn’t sign it for 5-6 days Bc I think he would get angry that you were more focused on leaving rather than getting “treatment”.. I could go on about the bullshit they had going on in that place which is supposedly the best psychiatric hospital in my city. Never again

[@awesomebillfromdawsonville9633]

Yeah... I think they get off on telling people they can leave only to see the disappointment

[@jackmeoff3656]

Still looking for the other 41 thoughtys

[@sayerslayer1854]

They were aborted

[@aw55550]

@@sayerslayer1854 lol

[@zombiasnow15]

😂😅😂😅😂