3,181 Comments Posted by Lynne

If you look through the comments on this set of pix there is a gentleman who has written in who still uses one at times, although his current one is much smaller. He has offered people the opportunity to look at his website and chat with him - a very nice fellow name of Henry.

P.S. He tells a pretty funny story about having been in a larger one as a child and the machine started to suck him in one night and he had to call for help. 8`-)
http://www.opacity.us/image3756_tube.htm

Couldn't have said it better myself, Serrena. :-)

Boo, if you are ever in the situation where you are forced to depend on others due to being in a fragile state (whether of your own making or not), you will wish there was someone in your corner taking personally what people say who don't have the first idea what they are talking about. Until you've been there you won't understand. That's both about living there and about working there. These aren't always fun places to work and they are places that very few of us (if any) would choose to live for more than a brief time. I believe that people should have accurate information about how these places used to be (both good and bad) and about how they currently are (both good and bad). It is bad enough that one of us might end up needing inpatient psychiatric services some day. Having false information about what happens there is not likely to allay any fears. I have seen as many bigoted, uninformed comments here as anywhere about people with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities, and since they pay my salary, it behooves me to try to do a little public education on the side. Feel free to read right over my personal comments. It won't bother me the least little bit. :-)

Paul:

"I actually looked up the old sales order for this hospital. We still have the records."

Now THAT is fantastic!

Em, there's no time like right now. ;-)

"Patient" = a medical problem instead of a person.

Em, not derbies . . . . . . . . . ????

http://www.waverlyhillstbsanatorium.com/

A nicely done site.

The second floor? Just a guess . . . .

I think we all agreed that this was a "dirty little room for dirty little deeds", did we not, folks? Even though it sort of looks like a basement storage area to me. But what the heck do I know?

Rob, the great majority of people with "psychosis" as their diagnosis don't spend much time stalking people with the intent of killing them. That is a misconception that can be rather painful to people who have a psychiatric illness.

Agreed. I am getting kinda sentimental for the good old days before we had those pesky chemicals when we used mechanical restraints, hydrotherapy, ECT, and lobotomies . . . . =8-o

ONE can't, but with the help of a second person, it CAN happen. :-)

They are dual purpose:

http://www.spinlife.co...h.cfm?categoryID=114

Similar to before - swearing is fine - why do people have to be so cruel and thoughtless in the names they use for people with psychiatric issues and intellectual disabilities? This is not about being PC - it's about respecting others.

The irony here is that I don't care if someone swears. However, the wrong word was bleeped out above. >:-(