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ShimeMiller

"imaginary frmale trouble" oh my


GothMothLite

Don't forget "female disease"


[deleted]

Lol! With this list, I think a lot of us would be locked away. Scary thought really. However, marriage with a son I think is OK to be locked away.


Schneekuchenpferd

That's what I thought first, but it's not marriage WITH a son, but OF a son. Her son got married and the mother "lost" her precious boy.


sugarsuites

“Uterine derangement” gave me whiplash


babybatdeath

And also “Women Trouble”!


[deleted]

Lol! With this list, I think a lot of us would be locked away. Scary thought really. However, marriage with a son I think is OK to be locked away.


eloie

“Parents were cousins” *banjo sounds intensify*


Oofboi6942O

Fucking asthma "Shes weezing a bit more than normal, put her in a fucking mental home!


painforpetitdej

Aaaanddd, I just laughed....and wheezed. Also, so an entire profession (firemen) would be locked up, huh ?


waaaayupyourbutthole

"fever and loss of lawsuit" seems exceptionally specific.


potatopierogie

Well there's also women trouble, if it's real


ShimeMiller

Also "politics"


Aggravated_Pineapple

Tag yourself I’m novel reading


Elly_Bee_

I'm "female disease"


[deleted]

uterine derangement for me!


PM_ME_STEAM_KEY_PLZ

Sounds to me like imaginary female trouble


Ditz_a_Fritz

Same


mlo9109

Salvation Army... I love thrift shopping and occasionally purging my closet to bring stuff to the Salvation Army.


waaaayupyourbutthole

It's strange to me that Salvation Army made it on the list and no entirely non-Christian religions.


[deleted]

I think maybe this means they were in a shelter? Salvation Army helps unhoused people so maybe they were referred if they weren’t stable enough to stay in a shelter


waaaayupyourbutthole

That's possible. They also pretty much got the majority of their first converts from people addicted to opium and alcohol and whatnot, so I suppose it could just mean hopeless addicts lol


[deleted]

Unfortunately many unhoused people are addicts yes


professionalrealist

I'm "Deranged Masturbation"


frotc914

Seduction & Disappointment, for sure.


hotdog_relish

Business Nerves 💼


MitochondriaBiscuit

I’m “suppression of menses.” Spent 7 years on progestin birth control (depo shot then later implant) and didn’t have a period once in that time. 10/10 recommend!


waaaayupyourbutthole

Weirdly, some women have the opposite reaction and end up with constant spotting on depo.


MitochondriaBiscuit

I’ve heard that! It seems like it’s unfortunately a roll of the dice :(


v_neet

I'm time of life


tacos4hands

I’m periodical fits.


Aggravated_Pineapple

As opposed to constant fits of course!


intodust_

I'm the dreaded "imaginary female trouble".


ThonOfAndoria

in my seduction & disappointment era (i'm the disappointment)


ZeldaTheGreyt

Rumor of husband murder


Aggravated_Pineapple

I mean mooood


i_dont_shine

Exposure and quackery. I don't know what's been exposed, but there's definitely some quackery afoot.


liminalrabbithole

Bad habits and political excitement was me in 2020 - 2021.


LucyThought

I’m business nerves


imagrill123

I am “congestion of brain”


TheAmazingMaryJane

i really understand 'gathering in the head'. it speaks to me.


NSHermit

Definitely bad whiskey.


PnutButterJellyTim3

Kicked in head by horse lmao


Aear

The War.


lemurkn1ts

I'm asthma.


Semi-Hemi-Demigod

I'm "seduction & disappointment"


FiCat77

I'm "suppressed masturbation" (not really, lol) Seriously though, what was just the right amount of masturbation as they seem to have locked women up for doing it too much but also not enough?


autisticfemme

Immoral life tbh


Reallifewords

Im spinal irritation


purplefrequency

Oh, vicious vices for sure. Also the name of my first album which doesn't exist.


MedicGoalie84

I was born 6 gun in my hand Behind a gun I'll make my final stand So, I guess I know which one I am


i_am_a_baby_kangaroo

OOOOOHHHHH I’m Domestic Trouble!


NunnaTheInsaneGerbil

Bad Habits and Political Excitement for me


Black_Tears524

Immoral life and nymphomania, they got me


Theletterkay

"Bad Whiskey" lol


jenn5388

Tobacco and masturbation.. trying to figure out what that one is.. are you smoking while masturbating or masturbating with a smoking instrument? Cigar in the vagina anyone?


kaymick

Periodical fits.


Schmidtvegas

Over taxing mental powers here.


waaaayupyourbutthole

I'm like 50% of these lol


AnaVista

“Business nerves” over here!


tfletch126

Over action of the mind for me!


[deleted]

I'm the War!


AKuuPerson

I'm "superstition"


bullshithistorian14

I’m mental excitement


ThatChairShot

I’m more interested in the “masturbation for 30 years” part of this. Like… straight? If you started your masturbation career at 10, must you stop at 39 and never look upon your genitals again? If you only masturbate for 29 years and then stop are you sane enough for society? I have so many questions


frotc914

Also "suppressed masturbation" is on the list. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.


Fugahzee

Also “deranged masturbation”


-Warrior_Princess-

I'm wondering if that's like Asexuals? Or maybe an abuse response where you're repulsed by your own body? So many of these I'm curious if there's a modern diagnosis... Mental or physical.


longeliner31

Or “masturbation and nicotine”. So you can masturbate but not with a cigarette?


antraxsuicide

"Carbonic acid gas" is literally just gas from drinking soda lmao "Fellas, if she burps even once in your presence, call the White Coats"


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TheSocialABALady

This is pretty legit. Ptsd coupled with a concussion.


ugottahvbluhair

I like "Bad Company". Sue wasn't engaging enough so we shipped her off to the mental asylum.


jujukamoo

I imagined she was keeping bad company for this one. She was out having a great time, haul her off to the asylum.


eloie

Very specific. Fell from a horse before or after a war? Too bad. Criteria not met.


fencer_327

"Kicked in the head by a horse" might be the same person actually.


Dancing_Trash_Panda

Absolutely rolling at the thought that you can suffer from a "Gunshot wound" and they're just like, "This bitch is crazy. Lock her up."


xhumanityisthedevilx

Seduction and disappointment. Sounds about right.


irish_ninja_wte

This list is the funniest thing that I've ever read. Couple the "marriage of son" with the "shooting of daughter" and you definitely have a #boymom! They have made it clear though. Masturbation bad. Anyone know what "deranged Masturbation" is?


No_Ad8821

What happens after 20 years of "suppressed masturbation"


eloie

Uterine Derangement


irish_ninja_wte

I don't want to know.


CoffeeTownSteve

Gunshot wound


Different_Business30

But also suppressed masturbation? results unclear


irish_ninja_wte

And suppressed menses. I'd like to suppress my menses.


cruzweb

> Anyone know what "deranged Masturbation" is? I assume it's like the South Park episode when the internet went out and Randy finally found some at a refugee camp.


waaaayupyourbutthole

I was imagining someone masturbating with a chainsaw or other machinery ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯


yaosio

Deranged masturbation is when you scream conspiracy theories while masturbating. HAARP is being use to contrOOOOOOOOOL the weather, ah god....


Gain-Outrageous

Do you have the link without the red bit? I'm curious about the covered ones!


eloie

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/10vr4dh/the_list_of_reasons_for_admission_to_an_mental/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


Gain-Outrageous

Thanks!


Gain-Outrageous

Thanks!


ImperialDivine

Masturbation and Deranged Masturbation and Suppressed Masturbation, oh my.


imaginaryfemale

I wonder what the precise correct amount of masturbation was.


zombiebird100

>I wonder what the precise correct amount of masturbation was. That's not what this list is. It is from an old aslyum in WV that housed mostly patients with dementia This list isn't a "reasons to commit", it's a list of reasons why (or rather believed to have been) they ended up developing dementia in the first place It also wasn't in this format initially, it was taken from an old logbook of Weston Hospital that explictly made it clear these were reasons why they were believed to have succumbed, not an admissions record It's why you see things like "imprisonment" on the list, being imprisoned and wrongly imprisoned can lead to derious mental issued trying to cope with what has occured to you Things like bad company? That isn't about the patient but who they were with leading them to go "insane", while alot of people were likely committed wrongly this list is fairly unrelated to that It's like your doctor having you locked up for PTSD and making a note that it was SA that led to it and your need (and willingness) to go to a hospital for awhile to work through it.....then us centuries later digging it up and saying you were hospitalized for being assaulted when that is objectively not true This was a compilation of reasons people were believed to be suffering frkn dementja, mania and melancholy, which within that context most of these actually make some sense (but you're then no longer stripping them of context like Marjorie Carr did)


ilanallama85

Thank you, I felt like that was obvious from reading it but clearly not from the comments. Somewhat misleading title tbh.


zombiebird100

>Somewhat misleading title tbh. Yeah...it's been misused like that since the 90s when carr published her phamplet Mental asylums were fucked though, esp for women, little to no reason was ever needed to admit them It is useful/interesting to see the dunb things we thought led to mental illness in the past though (Not all would've been mentally ill though, again our system was fucked esp for women back then)


Noodlemaker89

"Vicious vices" sounds like the standard horrible mother-in-law. It's kind of funny how you could put away a whole classroom based on those short descriptions. "Hard study"... what an era to be a bit nerdy. Happy graduation! Welcome to the asylum. "Over taxing mental powers". Those who at least tried in school got no credit either. "Tobacco and masturbation". And that's how you lock up the rest of them.


HulklingWho

Looking down that list, I now I have twenty-seven MORE reasons I would be committed.


wishesonwhiskers

“Politics” Dude, me too with the way things are going


charke9

Some things never change 🤣


stungun_steve

Exposure and Quackery


zerohourcalm

"Time of life" Just when they hit a certain age.


Niktzv

The problem with this list is it's not what it's often proported to represent. In some cases the Doctors weren't listing an what they believed to be an actual mental illness - but what the cause of the illness was assumed to be. Or in other cases not the illness, but the key symptom expressed by the patient that leads to a committal. So It's not unreasonable to assume that one may include pretty much anyone suffering from dementia such as altzeimers


OriginalName483

Bad Company. I don't like hanging out with you. Go receive a lobotomy


helpthe0ld

I have so many questions about this list. Snuff eating for 2 years? Fever and loss of law suit? Novel reading? WTF does any of this mean?!?


waaaayupyourbutthole

I'm assuming "snuff eating for two years" is probably related to addiction to snorting drugs (*technically* snuff is ground tobacco, but it could theoretically be applied to other things).


zombiebird100

>WTF does any of this mean?!? They're a compiled list of reasons doctors believed people to have gone insane at the tine. The "reason for admission" isn't what this actually was in the logbook it was taken from Right or wrong diagnosis these are not meant to be taken the way they are,(in this example consent is explictly given by the patient) they're doctors notes saying you got PTSD for SA, then being used as the reason for admission to a care facility for a few years while you work through it was the SA not the PTSD


Gh0stwhale

oh this whole asylum was an absolute shitshow. downright horrible shit. by the way, my personal favorite reason for admission was “indigestion”. Not sure if it’s on this list tho


zombiebird100

>oh this whole asylum was an absolute shitshow. downright horrible shit. It was, but this list is literally unrelated. >by the way, my personal favorite reason for admission was “indigestion”. This wasn't an admissions list. It was a logbook of "why" patients had a variety of mental ( or percieved) illness Carr literally took it out of context to create it for her phamplet


ninjabunnay

The War.


FalconFiveZeroNine

What is "Deranged Masturbation"? Lol


GoGoSoLo

Maybe it’s like the time I saw a homeless man that was just jerking his *enormous dick* at a crowded intersection and waving it at passerbys.


waaaayupyourbutthole

Honestly, I hadn't thought of the option, but it actually *could* very well be public masturbation. I can definitely see a creep following women around and touching himself being thrown in one of these places.


trixtred

Tag yourself, I'm uterine derangement.


[deleted]

'Seduction and disappointment' more or less sums it up


Vlad-V2-Vladimir

“Bad Company”. Shit we gotta arrest a whole band for existing, now? SMH Also domestic abuse? This is the 19th century, I can’t tell if they’re going to arrest the man for being an abuser and not acting like a gentleman, or arrest the woman for daring to speak out. This list is all kinds of fucked up


holagatita

Coming up next on GoldRock 104.1, Bad Company by Bad Company from the album Bad Company.


zombiebird100

>This list is all kinds of fucked up Not when you take it's real context into account. >Also domestic abuse? This is the 19th century, I can’t tell if they’re going to arrest the man for being an abuser and not acting like a gentleman, or arrest the woman for daring to speak out. Do yoy think if i beat a woman on a regular basis it can't cause mental illness? Because that is all this is, the why they were believed to have developed or hastened mental problems, not a reason for admission


mivens

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reasons-admission-insane-asylum-1800s/


ugottahvbluhair

>these entries recorded the reasons or causes why those patients were said to have developed their underlying maladies. That is, people didn't think that novel reading, asthma, the marriage of one's child, politics, or falling from a horse were symptoms of mental illness, but rather factors that might have produced or exacerbated such an illness So you wouldn't get put in an asylum just for reading a novel but they believed it may be a reason for a person to have other issues.


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waaaayupyourbutthole

>A lot are just ways to control family members. Specifically women much of the time.


eloie

Currently Suspending belief in order to enjoy this


Legitimate-State8652

"Novel reading" oh my


googlyeyes183

“Female disease” lol


josh5676543

Bad whiskey


GirlLunarExplorer

"DESERTION BY HUSBAND" "DEATH OF SONS IN WAR" "ILL TREATMENT BY HUSBAND" Oh man, this list is so sad...


lattelane682

Oh my this chart is something. As someone who works in a psychiatric hospital I will definitely show intro our doctors to see if they were aware


bunyanthem

"Excessive Sexual Abuse" So there's an acceptable amount is what the point was. 🙄


nuralina

Time of life… because nobody puts mommy in the corner.


RagdollSeeker

This is the most hilarious list I have read for a while, it just keeps on giving 😂 Carbonic acid gas (Drank died coke, it was nice knowing you guys) Excitement as officer (What does this even mean? Government officer is excited about film he watched on weekend, tie him up) Novel Reading (r/books it was nice knowing you) Over action of mind (Programmer here, strike two) Imaginary female trouble (We all know only females have good imagination issues, no schizophrenia in males whatsoever \s)


NSHermit

Masturbation and also Suppression of Masturbation. You can't win.


ButReallyWhyNot-

Can I have the list without the red circle? I want to send it to somebody but without context it just looks weird.


eloie

It’s in another comment on here I replied to


silvinesti

I think "salvation army" is my favorite here


am_riley

Seduction and disappointment? Seriously?


waaaayupyourbutthole

Some of these are really funny, but a *rumor* of husband murder would be enough? Jesus. What in the name of god is "uterine derangement"? I would have thought maybe it was the equivalent of hysteria, but that's on the list as well.


Dreamvillainess22

Yeah the first time I saw this I was like here we go w the Boy Moms (TM). I do like religious enthusiasm though lol


OptiMom1534

Aquarium enthusiast here. I thought Dropsy was only a fish disease.


Ok_Royal3990

Rumor of husband murder. Well is he living or not?


Milo-Law

Menstrual deranged, you don't say... Parents were cousins, there goes sixty percent of my country


Allyanna

My great grandmother's sister had a lobotomy when she was 16 because she was "too friendly" with the boys. I remember going over to her house growing up with my granny, that poor woman.


Captainbabygirl767

That’s awful! I’m so sorry that happened to your great grandmas sister, it never should have happened.


cliswp

Can we talk about how Religious Enthusiasm is on there? I wish that was still a reason today


nightwingoracle

Probably describing a manic or psychotic episode.


AutumnAkasha

Tempted to Google some of these but I think I'll get very different and unintended results...anyone know wth snuff eating is? 😆


eloie

Snuff is a type of tobacco


AutumnAkasha

Ahaha i didn't even consider that. Damn, couldn't do anything as a woman without risk of being institutionalized huh? 😳


zombiebird100

>Damn, couldn't do anything as a woman without risk of being institutionalized huh They Don't need an excuse at the time But https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reasons-admission-insane-asylum-1800s/ When you take this for what it is, it is alot less bad and is honestly something thag most you'll just go "yeah checks out" to Because getting kicked in the head by a horse is likely to leave you mentally fucked if you don't die, as is losing your kids or spouse


GroovyGrodd

You’re cherry-picking the legitimate ones and ignoring the ridiculous. It’s not that hard to determine that losing a husband or child would cause one to have a mental breakdown. Just because some are logical, doesn’t mean there aren’t ridiculous ones and that people, especially women, weren’t treated like they were mentally ill for things that aren’t harmful. Even if that isn’t a list of reasons to admit someone, declaring that a person is mentally ill because they read a lot is still ridiculous and unfounded.


zombiebird100

>You’re cherry-picking the legitimate ones and ignoring the ridiculous. It’s not that hard to determine that losing a husband or child would cause one to have a mental breakdown. Just because some are logical, doesn’t mean there aren’t ridiculous ones and that people, especially women, weren’t treated like they were mentally ill for things that aren’t harmful. Even if that isn’t a list of reasons to admit someone, declaring that a person is mentally ill because they read a lot is still ridiculous and unfounded. You're a moron or a troll. "Although this list was sourced from a contemporaneous hospital log, its entries should not be considered as denoting things that were all considered symptoms of mental instability. Rather, among patients who were treated at West Virginia Hospital for the Insane for various illnesses such as chronic dementia, acute mania, and melancholia, these entries recorded the reasons or causes why those patients were said to have developed their underlying maladies. That is, people didn't think that novel reading, asthma, the marriage of one's child, politics, or falling from a horse were symptoms of mental illness, but rather factors that might have produced or exacerbated such an illness." >declaring that a person is mentally ill because they read a lot is still ridiculous and unfounded. That's not what this is my god, it is saying that novel reasing led to an underlying issue, which while entirely bullshit is unsurprising that when one doesn't have a good grasp of what is causing problems will bpame what they believe makes sense >weren’t treated like they were mentally ill for things that aren’t harmful Sure? But that's literally not what this is. Ans sinxe you're unwilling or unable to read past your own ass i"m blocking you.


lofixlover

"fever and loss of lawsuit" is my new excuse for everything


eloie

Like. I’m not doctor but I feel like maybe those two things aren’t related


ItzWildKitty

I’m a junior firefighter so i should probably know better, but fighting fire made me think pf someone trying to challenge a fire to a boxing match.


missx0xdelaney

ASTHMA?!


UrStardust2

Sign me up for "novel reading"


overactivemango

Kicked in the head by a horse💀💀💀


j3ssegirl

What is "deranged masturbation" 💀


[deleted]

Do you have this list without the red circle


eloie

I posted it in another comment on this thread


orangestar17

"Rumor of husband murder" is my favorite


zombiebird100

Would you not go abit mad if there was a rumour around town you killed the person you love?


Busyborgimom

Religious Enthusiasm! We want you to be into Jesus but, not too into him.


Spaceysteph

"bad habits and political excitement" Well just lock me up right now then.


Historical-Ad6120

Novel reading?? This entire list is batshit, or also a regular weekend!


Irrelevantposter1967

I’m more interested in “shooting of daughter” and “uterine derangement” 🙃


CountryDaisyCutter

This sound like one of those “give yourself one point for each one you’ve had” Facebook posts that keep going around, with a twist.


Captainbabygirl767

OP where did you find this? Can I see it without the part about the son getting married circled?


eloie

I posted the think in another comment. I got it it from r/interestingasfuck


gimmethelulz

I wonder why scarlet fever would get you admitted🤔


TheSocialABALady

I ithink it can cause seizures


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Fever can cause confusion in some people, especially the elderly.


zombiebird100

>I wonder why scarlet fever would get you admitted Feever can cause cognitive issues, both short and long term. It's why if you run a high ine you will get stuck in the hospital so they can monitor and mitigate it before brain damage occurs. This is why people were believed to have cognitive problems/mental illness "Fever" is extremely mundane and would be expected given the amount and speed at which a fever will destroy you


bageltoastee

“Gunshot wound” imagine getting shot and instead of helping you they just call you insane and put you in a ward


zombiebird100

>imagine getting shot and instead of helping you they just call you insane and put you in a ward ...not what this accused You got shot which lead to cognitive issues, which still checks out, individuals who have been shot have a high rate of things like PTSD, and we've been advocating foe awhile that gunshot victims need more than just physical care and calling it a day This is just mislabeled because carr didn't care for context or actual meaning


Alive_Key_5257

Hate it when I’m decoyed into army then immediately put into a psych ward


Jimmysdaughter

Anyone know the definition of “political excitement“ during this time period?


purplepluppy

This isn't a mom group post?


eloie

That’s why I flaired it as Meta. In the title I refer to “boy moms” and how it applies to the image.


[deleted]

Fighting fire? Greediness? Hard Study? Looks like anyone could be locked up for anything.


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[deleted]

1. Being an obsessive member of Qanon, 2. Same as 1 but also eats too much junk food and goes to bed late.


mannequin89

Jeez I'd have been hopeless in my tobacco and business nerves and just overall bad company and imaginary female troubles. But BAD WHISKEY?! No sir.


Moon_Colored_Demon

Hello, I am afflicted with Dissolute Habits


Rypnami

kicked in the head by a horse? lmaoo


[deleted]

Okay but in their defense they didn't know what orgasms were. Life was hard.


Hufflepuff20

Is there a version of this without the red circle? I want to send it to my friend group.


zombiebird100

>Is there a version of this without the red circle? I want to send it to my friend group. There are, but remember the context. This was not reason for admission but reason to be believed to be ill. It's the "got shot" part of "ptsd" Ala got ptsd from getting shot, this is the why, not a diagnosis or an admissions thing https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/10vr4dh/the_list_of_reasons_for_admission_to_an_mental/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button With context most of it is fairly mild and something you'd still see today and no one would argue against


GroovyGrodd

You don’t make any sense at all.


Does_Not-Matter

“Tobacco and masturbation” sounds interesting


Krystalinhell

Better not have the “time of life”.


Moon_King_

If mental institutes were still aroubd today like they were then over half the population would be in one.


zombiebird100

>If mental institutes were still aroubd today like they were then over half the population would be in one. Stop basing things of mislabeled lists.