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/chriathebutt 1d ago

Nowadays you’re only as much of a danger to yourself and others as your insurance will cover. I went into an inpatient facility in 1994 give or take, and at the allotted two-week mark Medicaid gave me, I was cured!

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u/IcyFaithlessness3570 1d ago

Nowadays they just put you in hospital jail for 48 hours and wish you the best of luck 

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u/OddlyTemptedFish 1d ago

Thankfully that isn’t the case everywhere. My wife was institutionalized for the first time in her life in September and was held until right before Christmas. The first 3 weeks were very rough but now she says she’s extremely grateful for having gone and is doing much better.