3,287 Comments for Danvers State Hospital

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Again thease beautiful pictures haunt me. Having been in all of thease building myself, as a child. My mother worked there, and my brother was addopted from there during the closings. I dont know who you are, but you have touched a corner of my sould that you will never know. I thank you
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I just have to tell you that this site, as beautiful as it is, brings tears to my eyes. My brother, may he rest in peace spent almost his entire life at this hospital. I can only explain in useless words the feelings this site has braught to me. I have been in those buildings many times as a child, and still see them as they were.
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yes the tracks were used for laundry carts and so forth
i worked there from 1990 to 91 summer job and after school..

the history this place has is unbelivable..i felt so sorry for these people..i remeber going up to wards to get trash or so forth and people would be crying and screaming and talking to walls and them selves..sad place...
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yea that was a pretty intense look inside that i hope its still as crazy wen i go there as it seems in your photos
-im lovin it
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I wonder if thats u in the window or a ghost
-lol-
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Merry Christmas, Kate. There was always one of our girls stuck at the group home for Christmas. If we were on shift, we took her home, or I brought my Mom to the group home for dinner (with Permission of course!) We had a blast!
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Twug~ It's Christmas Day and I actually have one of my girls here with me. I brought her home for the holiday because I couldn't take the idea of her being alone at a residential. And I'm headed to Brightside later to visit all six units! I'm such a sucker...
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I already left a comment on here
but I keep coming back to this picture, its so moving
thanx again Motts
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Hey Sombody
thanks for your info, it helped understand better how art therapy works, its really interesting
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Good job Motts, I'm loving your B + W shots
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No you just try to scare people that walk the halls like us. Jons gay
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Actually it was my one time use trampoline . PHANTOMS OF DANVERS
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I just wanted to put in my two cents...

I was in a psych. unit for about a month and the thing that helped me the most was art therapy. It really a wonderful thing! I made a lot of collages and I hung them in my room, so this picture brings up a lot of memories of times that were bad but that have gotten better. I just really appreciate this photo because it is a very personal thing that is shown...a thing that came from the soul and it is photographed with such respect. Thank you, Mr. Motts. Beautiful, meaningful, touching photography!
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http://www.arttherapy.org/aboutarttherapy/faqs.htm
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I stayed there...not because I was insane...the developed later..but because of family stuff...I was only there when I was really little, but it changed me.