The memoirs of a 24 year old aspiring actress who turned down many wrong paths that left with bitterness and heartbreak. The History of My Insanity takes a look back at a girls story who became insane through choices and people encountered. --Page 4 of cover.
The author had an accident five months ago. The author accidentally unlocked his subconscious. The author lost his sense of time and emotions in the process. The author suggests anyone who reads this book will unlock their subconscious. The author suggests that is not a prediction. That author suggests that is a warning. This is the authors third attempt to communicate since the accident. Do not attempt to contact me I am to busy attempting to contact you. I cannot help you read this book. That is just the way it is.
A man desperately tries to keep his pact with the Devil, a woman is imprisoned in an insane asylum by her husband because of religious differences, and, on the testimony of a mere stranger, "a London citizen" is sentenced to a private madhouse. This anthology of writings by mad and allegedly mad people is a comprehensive overview of the history of mental illness for the past five hundred years-from the viewpoint of the patients themselves.Dale Peterson has compiled twenty-seven selections dating from 1436 through 1976. He prefaces each excerpt with biographical information about the writer. Peterson's running commentary explains the national differences in mental health care and the historical changes that have take place in symptoms and treatment. He traces the development of the private madhouse system in England and the state-run asylum system in the United States. Included is the first comprehensive bibliography of writings by the mentally ill.