144 Comments Posted by j.r.

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aye, but no! no I am not trying to degrade people like you, Lynne... and I'm not trying to degrade anyone here, just so you know. I'm not saying all patients were abused. and I'm not saying all wards were horrible, abusive places where it was living hell. all I'm trying to say i guess, is that everyone has their own opinion. some can hate these "abusive" wards. some can pity the patients, some can pity the staff. all I tried to state in that last comment that maybe, who knows, maybe there was a patient in this room who felt lonely when they were in a ward. I know that I was...

so, sorry if I offended anyone. it wasnt intentional. staff (the good staff anyway) I praise the work you do, the sacrifices you make and the dangers you face everyday trying to get patients help. patients, I know how it feels, because I too was in a ward for some time. and I'm not ashamed. I know not all patients were "freaks" and "insane" and I know that not all staff was corrupt and abusive and inhumane. no matter what the case, I hope that above comment can be viewed as only a mere suggestion/poetic art for the picture, and not entirely what went on in Kings Partk or any other ward as a whole.
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Most people just don't understand me
because when I look out a window
it is not tranquility or serenity I feel
but instead, extreme sadness.
I am not sure why that is so
perhaps it is because
when I look out at say, the trees
or perhaps a skyline of gray
maybe even the ocean
even a beautiful garden
I am not there
but instead, in this room.
it makes me think of happier days
spent with the ones I care about
days that were so pleasing
that I wish I was there
just as I wish I were amongst those treetops
or in that vast garden
and not in a plain room
a plain room in my mind...
where I am not with my loved ones
I am not in the happier days.
-anonymous

oh I dunno... maybe the patient in here at one time felt this way. I just thought combining the poem with this picture was really thought provoking.
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this is more upsetting than frightening. I agree that it looks more like a look of desparation...
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may I say... this is the best gallery yet.
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damn I wish I could take pictures like that... you dont see that everyday.
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no matter who drew it and why, this thing creeps the hell outta me.
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honestly, I highly doubt a patient did this. almost all the graffiti and marks like this one come from vandals, not from the patients that were once here.
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yeah ok! calvin and hobbes have just been destroyed to me ><
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definatly one of my favorites.
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funny how the floor could be in such bad shape yet the chairs seem unscathed from this angle.
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why is it that no matter how many times I see forgotten plants it still kills me??
trapped and imprisoned in a pot and promised care... only to be left to slowly die without care or attention from anyone...
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Truly facinating. I'd love to hear the stories, as well as see more before and after shots. This really is an excellent site.
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ummmm can you say BEST PIC EVER?!
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bengay aint for old people. I'm 16 and I have FMS and I have to use it all the time.
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it looks like it could be designed like stained glass, or it could just be one of those fuzzy posters you color in. hard to tell...