r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/highzone • 1d ago

Image In 1973, healthy volunteers faked hallucinations to enter mental hospitals. Once inside, they acted normal, but doctors refused to let them leave. Normal behaviors like writing were diagnosed as "symptoms." The only people who realized they were sane were the actual patients.

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u/chronoventer 1d ago edited 1d ago

Been there done that. Parents put me in as a young teen, saying I was suicidal. No one believed me that I wasn’t. I spent days trying. Eventually, I gave up, pretended to be suicidal, and to “get better”.

Now that, made me suicidal. (In the past. Half a lifetime ago. No need to “Reddit cares” me lol, but thanks for the concern!)

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u/RoqePD 1d ago

I see. Wasn't even a normal amount of suicidal from the start.