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Koenig-that is awesome that you have such good memories of this palace. My brother and sister were handicapped before they both passed away last year-they had neurofibromatosis. My sister was severely handicapped and doctors recommended institutionalizing her but my mom wouldn't do it-she took care of her till her death-2 days before her 26th birthday. I don't thinkmshe would have lived so long if she was institutionalized-it was the love of our family that kept her going for so long. My brother was blind and was hit by a car last year-4weeks after my sister died. Rough year last year...

Sorry you have a such a negative view Gordon. There is a lot more involved with recovery-based treatment than a bottle of pills. We can all be glad that mental health treatment has come a long way from One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.

You are welcome!

Yes, Mr. Motts...because the door might shut, or the floor not be as solid in there as it is in the hall, or the ceiling might collapse or what if you start channeling the person that lived there? Or is it that you get their perspective for your pictures? Anyway, I would love to do what you do only I don't like bugs, weeds, heat, humidity, cold, mold or wind.

Blue and green were found to be calming, but also cause depression. Red causes aggitation, and yellow cheers people up...at first, then it becomes agitating. Orange causes hunger cravings, white is sterile, but also cold. They study and study color, but the reactions are different depending on time exposed, hue, and even meds people are on.

Thank God we don't live in that era of "One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest". Residents may still be resistive to treatment, but they are involved in their recovery. ECT can be beneficial, even today, for some. I have seen it make a non-functional person functional.

The tiles on wall don't look like the regular subway tile, they look smaller, and the freize on the top is great. Where have all these craftsmen gone?

I can't figure out if it looks like a drunken, lonely chair or something that is inherently evil...

Actually it is more blue than institutional green-I actually really like that color!

For some reason you remind me of Maynard from Tool. I love that band... :)

I have to admit injust bought Silent Hill Shattered Memoies for the PSP-the updated version of the original-can't wait to play it-it is like exploring these places...

Rekrats-I love reading your comments-youndefinitely have a way with words! I would hope the morgue wasn't turned into an apartment... Eeewwww...

It is also illegal to administer involuntary ECT (at least in the US), which itself makes an enormous difference. I've mostly only read of it being used for extreme cases of depression, in which all other treatments have already failed.

this is sooo pretty
i love old places like this :)

hi all the years that i spent at salesian formed the foundation that i built my life on.i became close friends with many of those who taught and cared for me.the one who remained my closest friend and confidanrt was fr.elidgio della rosa right up to his death.i think of him often.the one who had the biggest effect on me was fr.joeseph herzog.i,ve tried for years to find out were he ended up to no avail.if anyone has any information in regard,i can be contacted at villavaldipesa@hotmail.com.then there was br, allen (squueeky)
who decided that the prieshood wasn,t for him.we our paths crossed many times over the years.if your out there,get in touch.warmest regards to all of my ex mates.mario stacchini


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