“A list purportedly documenting dozens of reasons why people were committed to insane asylums between 1864 and 1889… … list was frequently shared with humorous messages about how common acts such as “novel reading,” “laziness,” or the “overstudy of religion” would land much of today’s population in an asylum.”
Then there are people who like to say how EVERYTHING was better back in the days.
May 16, 2020 at 4:19 pm
I fear the sad truth is (in this country anyway) that people were often locked up for no reason at all.
August 14, 2016 at 4:48 pm
I fear the sad truth is (in this country anyway) that people were often locked up for no reason at all.
May 16, 2020 at 4:19 pm
Wow. . . Of all the insane reasons to think someone’s “insane”! Unbelievable.
May 16, 2020 at 4:19 pm
Yeah! Makes me wonder if “over action of the mind” was about thinking too much or having too much of imagination…or both. :D
August 15, 2016 at 12:10 am
Wow. . . Of all the insane reasons to think someone’s “insane”! Unbelievable.
August 16, 2016 at 9:40 am
Yeah! Makes me wonder if “over action of the mind” was about thinking too much or having too much of imagination…or both. :D
May 16, 2020 at 4:19 pm
I *think* they were discussing this on a recent ep. of No Such Thing as a Fish. I remember them saying a woman was declared insane for collecting butterflies.
May 16, 2020 at 7:13 pm
I haven’t heard of that… hmm podcast series! before. Sounds interesting
:D Collecting butterflies (something as innocent as that must be) totally insane! :D
August 18, 2016 at 4:36 pm
I *think* they were discussing this on a recent ep. of No Such Thing as a Fish. I remember them saying a woman was declared insane for collecting butterflies.
August 18, 2016 at 6:26 pm
I haven’t heard of that… hmm podcast series! before. Sounds interesting
:D Collecting butterflies (something as innocent as that must be) totally insane! :D
May 16, 2020 at 4:19 pm
No Such Thing as a Fish is great! It’s put together by the QI research team. Each episode they share their favourite facts of the week and it’s usually pretty funny.
May 16, 2020 at 7:13 pm
Thanks for rec, I just got into podcasts so I’ll definitely check that out! :)
August 19, 2016 at 4:36 am
No Such Thing as a Fish is great! It’s put together by the QI research team. Each episode they share their favourite facts of the week and it’s usually pretty funny.
August 20, 2016 at 6:46 pm
Thanks for rec, I just got into podcasts so I’ll definitely check that out! :)