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7dayweekendgirl t1_jcoln45 wrote

Makes me wonder if divers ever check for what else (or who else) might be under this bridge.

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Chippopotanuse t1_jcooysd wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,261,605)

This the same Kennedy family that gave one of their kids a lobotomy for no good reason other than she was a teenager and “liked boys”?

We need far better mental health care and far more facilities. Sure.

But we don’t need loony bins where folks get brutalized until they die.

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GilfVag t1_jcoskar wrote

No mugshot. You know what that means…

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monicarperkins t1_jcp88z9 wrote

Replying to Plants_Golf_Cooking (#2,261,892)

Have you known anyone that was in one of those facilities before they shut down? Because I do. I've interviewed several of them, and put together a documentary for training purposes when I was managing group homes for DD adults. They were, in fact, VERY bad places. Look up the documentary Titicut Follies. A reporter snuck a belt camera into Bridgewater State (the psych side, not the prison side). Very eye opening.

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david_chi t1_jcp96nq wrote

Who hasn't wanted to toss their wife off a bridge once in a while amirite fellas!?!?

Ouch, tough crowd. No need to get up I'll let myself out 😂

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Plants_Golf_Cooking t1_jcp99sm wrote

Replying to monicarperkins (#2,262,852)

I will check it out. I will also argue that the act of closing them down was far more detrimental to both those in need of care and the community at large, considering now the people that needed those facilities are likely either in prison or on the streets.

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Plants_Golf_Cooking t1_jcpa57g wrote

Replying to IntelligentMeal40 (#2,262,918)

It was not, it was the Community Mental Health Act of 1963. Reagan was not the only president to slash public services, and Kennedy was a prick.

Edit: I’d say to be more fair that it was a combined effort, spread across multiple administrations, but largely acted upon by both Kennedy and Reagan. The effects of the act (overall) was detrimental for mental health services in the US.

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hanner__ t1_jcpcq7u wrote

Who does the proofreading for these articles?

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tedivm t1_jcphj56 wrote

Replying to Commercial-Life-9998 (#2,262,683)

There's a lot of bad assumptions in this statement. Nowhere does it say he was a caretaker, or that she needed one. Not every disability requires a caretaker, and there are plenty of people who are wheelchair bound but otherwise are 100% independent.

He's having psychotic delusions. She could be his caretaker.

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massmanx t1_jcpy53f wrote

Replying to Rocklobsterbot (#2,261,681)

How Stuff Works did an episode on Capgras years ago and that stuck with me. Imagine being in the mental state where you think all of your loved ones are being replaced by +/- pod people.

Hard fucking pass.

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_violetlightning_ t1_jcqgdun wrote

Replying to massmanx (#2,264,232)

I remember reading about in a book called “The Worst Case Scenario Guide to Mental Disorders You Could Have Right Now!” but now that I tried looking it up to link to it (because it was a really awesome book), I can find no trace of it, and I am left wondering if I too am suffering from some kind of psychological disorder.

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Jew-betcha t1_jcqtccy wrote

Well, this is a messed up, tragic situation. Guy wasn't in his right mind but that doesn't excuse what he did. Hopefully, he'll regain some lucidity & take responsibility. Must have been terrifying for his wife, I hope she's got all the support she could ask for right now.

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Jew-betcha t1_jcqxl4u wrote

Replying to hanner__ (#2,263,109)

I mean here's my thing: Assuming he's being 100 percent honest and truly believed his wife was replaced with a malicious imposter & that he wasn't hurting his actual loved one, he still tried to throw SOMEONE off that bridge.

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Jew-betcha t1_jcqywvu wrote

Replying to Plants_Golf_Cooking (#2,262,905)

Mental health facilities literally still exist, just not called asylums anymore bc asylums historically were horrific and unethical, and the term "asylum" cannot ever be divorced from brutality in the public consciousness. I know this because I've been a patient in a mental health unit before. They still have some major problems with human rights abuses, but up until covid hit there were some pretty drastic improvements, (after covid, at least at the unit I'm familiar with, they took away most of what made it bearable & got rid of all the trained counselors in favor of nurses who don't give a shit) and it's nowhere near as bad as the forced lobotomies and direct physical & mental abuse you seem to want to return to.

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that_one_dude13 t1_jcr7tic wrote

Replying to Commercial-Life-9998 (#2,263,465)

I care for disabled homies, have done so for Over a decade, I think you and I both know you're being loose with that term. A caretaker is someone whose gonna come wipe your ass because your physically or cognitively not present or able to do so. A spouse is a care taker in the sense that your well being is first on their list yes, but there's a reason I and many others around the world have a Job.

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_violetlightning_ t1_jcugo2s wrote

Replying to vampirococci (#2,271,252)

So, I saw this, and I think this is it, but I remember buying it on a vacation I took in March 2006 (the vacation was for someone’s birthday, which is why I remember such a precise time frame) and this book originally came out in 2007. So now I’m like, even more confused. Was not expecting to go from “recommend funny book on Reddit” to “funny book doesn’t really exist” to “it does, but there is a tear in the space-time continuum” but there ya go.

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