When you've been locked up in a mental institution, people are going to ask questions. It was OK, because I didn't have to act perfect all the time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People have always questioned, Was I crazy? And I'm like, 'No, I'm not crazy. I'm just totally committed.'
And some people, you've got to lock up. If you don't, they're going to hurt you.
I think it's really important for your mental health to think about the big questions, to discuss them and open your mind, in order to prepare you for both life and death.
How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant!
For somebody who has injured their brain, every single thing they say and think will be the subject of their own questioning.
I always made a point of telling the doctors I was sane, and asking to be released, but the more I endeavored to assure them of my sanity, the more they doubted it.
Growing up, I was in and out of trouble in group homes and other institutions, and when I was 14, I was locked up in a psychiatric hospital for a number of months for behavioral problems.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
Psycho 11 and III say, in effect, there's no way to survive with a psychological problem. If you've got it, the law can keep you locked up because there's no chance for cure.
I was never in a mental institution for a long time. I was in psych wards.