361 Comments Posted by Barbara

Wow, this is one building I don't think I want to be near when there's an earthquake!

Hmm... I don't know how to take that last comment, ~Me...

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a staircase with rails all the way up - but in truth its a good idea in a place like this so people don't jump.

My gosh thats disturbing! I take it that's for adults? Oh Lynne, where are you? XD

I love how the sink looks so clean and the chair is practically in tatters...

Ha ha can you imagined if someone asked you to go "The Morgue" on the first date! Hmm I'd either run the other way really fast or be throughly enthralled.

^ ick! Sounds awful. The other day I was wading in a shallow part of this river to get to a sandbar, and this white piece of cloth (likely a shirt) was lying on the bottom. It just looked so creepy!

I definitely see where you are coming from Mariposa, and Silkster as well. I think that causes for mistreatment were that these types of illnesses were just not understood. People just didn't know what to do. And they still are not completely understood. Having suffered with bad anxiety for most of my life, I've been treated by many different people. Nothing ever warranted me to a hospital, but I have found that if you haven't suffered one of these illnesses yourself, you just can't understand. Sometimes I get really mad by things people say - like "breathe deeply" and then you'll be fine. Uh, no! That may work for the average person who's nervous before a test, but breathing deeply isn't going to solve all your problems. But back to what I was saying, people tend to fear the unknown - back in the day I'm sure many staff were fearful of some of the patients, not knowing what to expect of their action. I don't think most mistreatment was out of malicious intent - they just didn't know what to do. However, within the last half century or so, as new scientific developments have advanced, these illnesses are better understood, so treatment has greatly improved. I agree with Silkster in the fact that we often look at these pictures from a patients' point of view. It must be awful to be stuck in an instition all your life no matter how nice people are. And the illness in itself is enough. I don't care if I was in Candyland, the illness makes you suffer.

As for the specters that we spot in the photos, we are, for the most part, having fun. Of course there's definitely something that we see, but its enjoyable to discuss such. Who's know whether its real or not, its fun for the imagination.

~no more pencils~
~no more books~
~no more teachers' dirty looks~
Ahh, that song, my mantra of the past few years. (anyone ever see the music video? kinda gory...I was Hard Rock cafe eating a meal and it was playing on one of the TV's...needless to say I wasn' t too hungy any more.) But now I find college is much more satisfying considering you're pretty much free to do as you choose.

Blood red....oh yes, real perfect for the violent ward *groan*

There's even a mention of Danvers in my history book - in the section detailing the Salem Witch trials, it says something about Salem now being Danvers, or something of the like. I was reading and I was all excited at the little mention! *blush*

^ and your old Furby that suddenly decides to start talking when you're rummaging around in a dark corner for something...and you've been nowhere near the thing...

erm, not anything /real/ bad

Err, yes. It's not anything bad...just their warped sense of humor. um...www.tacoclub.org

You know, if I was with several other people who I knew wouldn't chicken out on me and run away, I would definitely spend the night there, no problem. *drags out sleeping bag* Let's get this party started!!!