[ SECRET POST #5066 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5066 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

The link is specifically in reference to the authors personal experience under such a 'care'. Her experience:

"In 1887 after the birth of her daughter, Gilman became severely depressed and sought treatment for nervous exhaustion by psychiatrist Silas Weir Mitchell. Mitchell’s rest cure consisted of bed rest, isolation, overfeeding, and massage/electricity on her muscles. When Gilman realized that Mitchell’s treatment worsened her depression, she left both her husband and doctor. Several years later, Gilman wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper” as a reaction to her physician Mitchell’s prescribed rest cure."

Is not a definitive standard. Though it is quite typical to the time period. Essentially the recommendation was bedrest, a serene environment, nutrients, and stimulation to the muscles to prevent weakness. There were no proper antidepressants at the time, no scientifically understood drugs to treat illnesses, nor any proper alternatives if treatment failed its course. Modern times tell us this was wrong, but Gilman's reaction to treatment is just as common in todays world, we simply just have more alternatives.
Postpartum depression is nothing to laugh at, no doubt this is her experience, that she was trapped and in pain, she wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper' to reflect that. But in the same way that she merges the role of her husband and psychiatrist, it can't be ignored that she also adds lines such as this: (from the yellow wallpaper)

“It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so”

She left both of them, as well she should, in order to save herself, but that does not mean her husband nor her psychiatrist purposefully put her in a position of harm, that they did anything but their best to help her.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like you're working really hard to misunderstand both Gilman, and everyone else in this entire thread. And the article I referenced.