Life in a mental world – If you know anything about mental health, you are probably aware of how messed up insane asylums used to be. Pretty much all medical practices used to be pretty terrifying in the old days. However, mental health is and has always been one of the most misunderstood sections of health, so there are bound to be some pretty terrifying truths behind what these places used to look like.
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Medicine has advanced quite a bit since the 1900s, so looking at these horrible conditions is quite frightening.
American Horror Story had a season that took place in an insane asylum. Though most of what they showed was fake, especially the supernatural alien stuff that was going on, a few things they got completely right. The fact that a horror show meant to entertain and terrify people was actually able to have factual depictions is quite disturbing.
Luckily, today, some things are different. While mental health is still incredibly misunderstood, mostly by portrayals in the media, we’re using mental health victims less and less like science experiments to try and understand the brain. Conditions still aren’t ideal for those suffering from mental health related issues but they are getting better.
Many people who have mental illnesses aren’t taken seriously, and people are left untreated and helpless. Hopefully, by looking through our past mistakes, we’ll be able to understand what tools we need going forward to care for these people that actually need help. Here are 15 disturbing images depicting what life used to be like in mental asylums.
10. Yet Many Thought Women Needed It
There was once a time when women could have the potential of being diagnosed with hysteria. This was when they would act out and exhibit symptoms such as sexual desire, irritability, insomnia, and nervousness. One cure that people thought would help remedy the situation was to give women “vaginal massages.” Basically, when women were acting a bit crazy, doctors thought they just needed to get off. Doctors would then do different things to try and give them orgasms, like this doctor, who thought it was a good idea to spray a bunch of water at a woman’s vagina.
Women would be committed for very normal things, but one hundred years ago, it wasn’t really acceptable for women to voice their opinion, be promiscuous, or just basically display any sort of independence. If a woman acted like this, she could be committed for female hysteria. This eventually led to the creation of the vibrator, so women would be able to easily self-stimulate at home. Nowadays, we know that female hysteria isn’t really real and that it’s okay for women to act the way they do.
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