349 Comments Posted by pegasus64

Must be a recent map as it is labled ICF-MR which is an Imtermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded. Usually headed up by the "Q" which is the QMRP which stands for Qualified Mental Retardation Professiona.

The headrest was used for patients that didn't have good control of holding their heads up. For them to sit with their heads tipped forward was not conducive to big, full breaths.

In Greek and Roman mythology, the shell stood for prosperity and regeneration. It has also been used as a symbol for baptism.

I don't know what it is about this pic...the last pic didn't have that effect on me, but this one...I don't know!

In an effort to "de-institutionalize" places, they were referred to as residents or consumers. Also, some people with mental illness often do something called "posturing" meaning they will "strike a pose"...sometimes for quite a long time. From what I gather, it can be attributed to their diagnosis such as having OCD and having to do something because that action is "attached" to something else happening. You know, like a butterfly causes a ripple on a pond in Asia and it ends up as a tidal wave in Hawaii. Also, sometime their voices tell them to do certain things.

Thanks again Mr. Motts for the info...again I commend your memories attention to detail!

Wow, awesome that you can remember these details. I am surprised that the windows did not have a safety screen on them. Thanks for the info.

And my word shall be a lamp unto your feet, a light unto your path.

I see an eye pressed to the glass, trying to see who, if anyone is coming. Is anyone coming or is it just another voice in my head, a sound only my brain hears...

Were those observation windows painted over? They look like solid oak doors...amazing!

Is that a chimney in the other room. Was their like a fireplace or a woodstove? Were the walls left as natural brick or did the plaster fall off?

Was that a door to a seclusion room? Are those doors going beyond that? Do they keep going or are they like windows in the rooms? Very cool!

That's gonna be my room...I called dibs on that room...that one's mine!!!! I can hear a winter wind making the tree branches dance, I can see the full moon throwing shadows across the covers, I can feel the coldness creeping in around the loose window panes while the radiator knocks and rattles to it's own beat.

Usually your stair shots make me want to go up or down them because I want to see what else is there...this one not so much...too scared to look around the corner!

Looks like a ghost face on the wall at the end of the hall...