vintage
From Freud to phrenology to old-school outlooks, a look back at vintage psychiatry and mental health treatments as documented throughout history.
Clouded Vision
** Holly I knew he loved me before he even saw my face. From behind, he was captivated by my shape. Over the past year and a half, it had softened and smoothed to that of any young woman. The dark chiffon of my skirt accentuated my hips, which were still growing wide. The pain in my chest and lower back confirmed my thin, pear figure was blossoming into what would seem a fertile young woman. Quite the contrary. I’d never bear a child of my own, something that still haunted my maternal disposition at the time. A child of the future that would never be. At night, all cats were grey but the feline cultivating in my mind and physicality were simply too black or too white. I couldn’t forget the past, and evening usually spent on the prowl for my generation were a constant reminder to put up a wall more often than not.
By Blaise Terese6 years ago in Psyche
The Forgotten
There are a lot of people who crack jokes about asylums, including the entirety of the horror movie industry, and how terrible they are. I am no different. Looking back on the first time I saw the clock tower building at the edge of town I distinctly remember saying it looked like an old asylum. Honestly I meant that it would make a good scene for a horror movie, little did I know that I wasn’t far off. It was a behavioral health clinic in its prime. Once I actually moved to Topeka I started taking a more in depth look into the old asylum and its property.
By Courtney Seever7 years ago in Psyche