4,081 Comments for Norwich State Hospital

I know this, it was lights out at 11:00 sharp, and they locked us in our rooms, sometimes three to a room, and then wake-up call at 5:00 sharp. They would lock us out of our rooms until about 11 that morning, and then we were allowed back into our rooms to lay around, read, or write or communicate with our roommates. I played basketball and did art work. I could not go to music therapy because of my being deaf. I am thankful that we were not always locked in our rooms. Only at night.

Once you're hooked, you stay hooked. Why not come join the rest of us Opacity Junkies over at the forum? The link is at the top of the page.

Bri, I stated the very same thing almost in the pix before this one, or maybe the one before that, anyway, these rooms would be hazardous to a suicidal patient. I was put on suicidal watch and they had me under lock and key constanly and I could not get out of any staff member. I was not allowed any pens with metal tips and or even plastic eating utensils, only a plastic spoon. So, I feel this mesh had to be for unruly patients. I know I was threatened to be sent to an isolation cell if I had not ceased from my psychotic breaks, though minor compared to some that was housed with me.

seems to me that the wire or iorn ( what is this stuff made of? ) mesh could cause someone to hurt themselves if they were to have a severe psychotoic break. I mean they could put their fingers through the mesh and really do some damage to their fingers. maybe I am wrong, at least i hope I am in error.

At the hospital I was committed to, I was sitting on once of the many plain couches when a commotion started, and one of the new patients had a psychotic moment and she took her fists and banged the nurses' station that separated the men from the female sections and shattered glass everywhere, and it is told that the glass was supposed to be safety-glass. Then they decided they may have to place wire mesh protection around the glass of the nurses' station. I did scare me bad, because I just knew she (the one who was having a psychotic break was going to come after the rest of us patients. So, I feel these wire meshes not only keeps patients confined, but for added protection. What if glass shards had hit one of the nurses in the eye, that would have been so bad. I just wanted to share my thoughts, sorry if no sound well.

This is a beautiful hospital! Is it made on the order of a Kirkbride or is it a genuine Kirk? It is awesome nonetheless.

that fireplace is so unique and awesome! Whoever created it had some kind of talent and put alot of feeling within the creation.
Now days, at leats the state hospital I was in, they have centural heating and cooling now, and no such elabrate works of art as this fireplace.

Hello, my name is DeafAngel...I am a Mottsaholic....
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Do they have an MA (Mottsaholic Annonamous) around here?

Thank you, Tony, for sharing that link to Rob Dobie's site!!!

I visited the site of the New England Ruins that Tony shared, and he does good work. Only thing, he does not give any description relating to the pix and no comment section. If he had done that, his pix could have come alive same as Motts! I still prefer Motts over others!

could it be that they had a children's ward in this place? If so, then that maybe why that small toy is located here. of course, it could be a model that someone that was toruing this place left behind. I think it adds a nice contrast to the background.

Oh, yeah, thanks to Motts and others like him, these places are being preserved in another way...photography...and he risks his freedom and his health to bring people like us these awesome photos to share. Thanks alot Motts for sharing.

This is a pretty pix. Those windows are awesome. It saddens me that vandals could obliterate this picturesque scene in no time. I wish there was a way to preserve these old institutions and make like a museum and as I mentioned before, a skit or drama and charge addmition to tour the place. That would also bring money into the city...I think. I am not very well in knowledge of such things, but that is how I feel.

Motts, you named that pix right...it seems as if those stairs would take one right into heaven's realm! Good work!

Talking about caps...soon I may have to use caps if I am to keep typing, because having to use my sight to listen puts strain on my eyes and using caps sometimes relieves the strain, so far, I can get by with regular caps. However, a friend of mine is got bad eyesight and loves sites like this, only the one time she commented to a topic, someone, like above, lashed out at her for using caps. Sad to say, she never goes in these sites or comments no more for fear of making someone feel ill at ease for her caps. I think caps are a pretty type though and easier to read!

And I would love for her to come into this site, however, she will not comment. She would love Motts photos, that is for sure!