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>be me
>have freakout on antidepressant, go to psych hospital
>nurse asks if I hear voices
>say “yours” being a smart ass
>her eyes get big and she walks away
>weeks later reading medical records
>patient thinks he can read minds
>this fucking … seriously
>psychology was better when everyone was on cocaine talking about dicks

  • Illuminostro@lemmy.world
    32·
    9 months ago

    I can’t remember his name, but there was an English criminal who pretended to be crazy to get put in a psych hospital, found out it was worse than prison, then had to stay there because the doctors wouldn’t believe that it was an act. Maybe a Brit can remember who he is/was.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
      19·
      9 months ago

      I’m not sure if you’re misremembering or not but I know that there was a case where a journalist successfully managed to get themselves committed so that they could write about the conditions within.

      And it took them quite some time to get released because they’ve done such a good job of pretending to be crazy to get in.

      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
        18·
        9 months ago

        If it’s the same one I’m thinking of, once he got out he raised an uproar over it because it was a clear sign people making decisions about who should be free or not in mental institutions weren’t as good at it as they claimed to be and they challenged him to send others and they’d catch them this time.

        A while later, they said, “See? We caught 3 of your guys!” But they hadn’t sent any.