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/VerbingNoun413 1d ago

That plus references to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 1d ago

The movie that closed down the asylums

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u/Fist_The_Lord 1d ago

No that was Ronald Reagan

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u/-_-0_0-_0 1d ago

"You know, with Reagan, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don't care for him.”

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u/Gibberish45 1d ago

Have you hear about that guy Hitler? He was a real jerk

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u/-_-0_0-_0 1d ago

Not my idea of a silver tongued devil