1,927 Comments for Pilgrim State Hospital

I believe I understand it. It used to be a dissectionbench in a morgue or something... Kinda freaky.

This a Wicked picture...gives me the Chills

in response too muertos's comment
'Welcome to where time stands still No one leaves and no one
will'

Lynne,
"The Elephant Man", I'm sure you would agree, an excellent movie. Even better books written that go much more into his personality, intelligence, and talent.

Lynne,the stigma is still a big problem.Much of it being generated by people who know very little about the subject.Can you imagine what it was like 50 or 100 years ago?

After being in this field since the day the Ark landed on Mount Ararat (or shortly thereafter, most would agree), I think I can safely say that there are few physical/developmental/psychiatric disabilities with which I haven't had some experience or exposure. "Disfigurements" are just part of the external side of a human being. The person is still a human being on the inside. There is nothing inherently scary about looking different, and it hurts people who look different than what most other people look like when they are responded to in such a manner.

The same with psychiatric issues. Having a psychiatric illness doesn't make you contagious or make you change others by your mere presence or look. People don't catch "insanity" by being near others who have psychiatric problems. People who get frightened by looking at those who are different already had their own problems in the first place.

The cruelest and loneliest part of a disability isn't the disability itself - it's how others react to you with their prejudices, fears, and misconceptions. I have worked with people who have had extremely severe craniofacial "abnormalities", and they were some of the gentlest and most loving people with whom I have ever had the pleasure of working.

Many years ago people used to believe that birth defects were caused by the mother looking at something frightening while she was pregnant. I guess I had hoped we had moved beyond that sort of superstitious thinking by now. People with psychiatric illnesses and intellectual disabilities often have enough of their own problems without having to be blamed for causing emotional illness in others.

either thats from a past patient or some punk kid thinking he is funny

lynne maybe these patients looks werent normal for someone with there disabilites maybe something terrifying

It's amazing and unbelieveable that people once stood where this rotting whole in the wall lays.

I would hate to be alone walking through this building and i thought the state schools scared me...

um can we say WTF jeeze this is creepy but nice lighting effects

talk about house on haunted Hill.

this reminds me of the mental hospital from one of the micheal meyers movies where the mental patient talks about micheals past as he sees hhim walk by

I spent 10 weeks on the grounds.I was in this building to pick up meds.Visited the cementary.There are tunnels connecting the buildings.They were sealed i used to look into them from the window in the basement.I think the place is great always wished they would put the buildings to good use.I never seen any ghosts there.Always slept good.

The left-hand side door panels has one piece of glass still remaining in it. The distoration is pretty sweet. Such old glass and was completely uneven.