4,081 Comments for Norwich State Hospital

1930-ties Globes! Like them very much!

Awesome lamps. Like Flying Saucers!

We have come a long way! We think we have come a long way.
And we have. And we are thankful
Not even animals should be caged in a zoo.
May be there still are patients caged somewhere in the world.

Well...not known.....it is sad but also sweet! What could they possibly put?
"We have no idea who this is - man or woman - it is a body we have found and buried now" It would be too long. They were honest and did the best!

Those chairs: in different colors! Plain nice!

We boring stale stupid human beings! ( Me, too!)
Yes, we throw all these diapers into this little room: D O N E !
Well, at least they are not accused of stealing!
But sometimes i just wonder.................. HOW Do we think?

What a feeling it must be just to walk endlessly in and out of rooms and in long corridors...............awe....

There is no good EST and no matter what they claim today their is and can not ever be any "precision" with it. It is electricity and it flows randomly through the body there can be no control over it. It's just a slower and ultimately more evil form of the lobotomy. I say its more evil than a lobotomy because it does its damage and leaves the victim aware of what is gone.
The effect that is often assumed to be a sign it has worked is the medical shock afterwards as the body tries to heal, the memory is destroyed.
Do it frequently enough and the person cannot recall most short term interactions and may seem dumb or high to you. Daily EST is abuse, even then.

What many do not realize is that in places like this the doctors & staff were often evil scum not unlike Mengele who used this equipment to abuse patients or to destroy their memory of having been abused. I wonder if she wasn't being raped by the staffer that reported to the doctor the symptoms that were used to justify this over medication and EST? Oh Yea Doctors do what nurses and orderlies who have taken the time to win their trust, tell them to. After the trust is won they can do as they please I witnessed and was victim of this sort of betrayal of trust at a different place.

Doesn't take much imagination to envision someone being trapped under the heavy stuff...lying down...no way to move...

How do you come up with these titles that are just perfect to your photos?

Interesting evidence about fire department practice. I swear the people on this site have the most unique things to share...all because of Motts photos!

Halidol - Ugh.
Thorazine - Oy!
Lithium in addition to a medium high dosage - YIKES!!!
"EST (electroshock therapy) as a calming measure" - HOLY @#$%!
"Daily if necessary" - OMGwhatisthisIdon'tevern...

@Sad One - my prayers go out to you for the treatment you went through. May He gives daily strength to fight your personal demons.

@Jacob - the exact amount and time to be administered would be recorded elsewhere with the patient's records.

They are tearing some of this down.... :(

A large problem with state funded facilities like this is they are under funded. The state doesn't care enough to give enough do they sre constantly under staffed and over crowded. My best friends mother worked for Willowbrook state school in Staten Island and i interviewed her for a paper. She said conditions in most places are this bad because the stare just doesn't csre enough about people with mental retardation or insanity.

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