Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

6 reviews

geerbeer's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

1.0

Just not my cup of tea. I already knew all of this, because of American Horror Story Asylum, which I would recommend to anyone who can handle scary/eerie things 🤷🏻‍♀️😊

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Chronic illness, and Confinement

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

itsreirei's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

100+ years passed and nurses are still mean girls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

Moderate: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death

zamyatins_fears's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

There are certainly are more extensive works on the subject, but this is a good read for anyone interested in it for the historic importance. The woman known as Nellie Bly (pen name) was one of the earliest investigative reporters. It's terrifying how easily she was able to get herself committed to an insane asylum. Just as it's heartbreaking to read about just the abuses she witnessed or heard many accounts of. Modern works may be a bit more in-depth on these kinds of abuses, but Bly was instrumental in getting more funds diverted to the care of those suffering on Roosevelt Island and was instrumental in the call for reform. A bit of a slow start, but a quick read once she is declared a "hopeless case" and shipped off to the asylum. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Bullying, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual violence

Written in WW1 originally for the papers, so the abuses mentioned are stated factually, but without graphic descriptions.

exlibrissum's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Medical content, Sexism, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Violence, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

eerie_iri's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gaslighting, and Dementia

Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Self harm, and Slavery