A review by clinicallybookish
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4.0

 

“But I MUST say what I feel and think in some way — it is such a relief! But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief.”

A powerful and striking, albeit tiny glimpse into the insane idea of hysteria and treatments like "the rest cure" where women were forced into bed rest, overfed, and subjected to electro-therapy and/or "pelvic massage"... riiiiiiiight... just rub one out and eat some fat and you'll be fine...

But are we any further ahead today with how women's health, women's mental health, and mental health in general are approached?