vintage

From Freud to phrenology to old-school outlooks, a look back at vintage psychiatry and mental health treatments as documented throughout history.

The Doyle of Happy Valley
On the mountain path of Happy Mountain, two old women sat on the turf beach, one kept crying, "His aunt, what kind of sin did I make in my life, my son is unfilial, my girl is ungrateful, I'd rather die." The other one urged, "No, his aunt, it's better to die than to live, what's the matter?"
By James4 years ago in Psyche
The desire to escape is called freedom
It would be nice if, from a certain age, we got smaller as we got older, just as children grow older, but with the same intelligence and social status as our age. So there would be a group of old men and wise men who looked like boys of seven or eight years old. The oldest emperor was the smallest; Of course, popes are small men, and the bigger cardinals look down at the smaller popes, just as the bigger ordinary bishops look down at them. The kids don't want to be big anymore. History will lose its meaning; We will sigh that the past thirty years have been made by a group of ant children, so that history has finally been lucky enough to escape from view.
By twddn4 years ago in Psyche
Happiness is a state of mind
Happiness is a prolonged sense of satisfaction with life, a sense of great pleasure in life and a natural desire to last for a long time. This is not only the goal pursued by everyone, but also the ultimate goal pursued by the whole human race.
By amy dancy4 years ago in Psyche
The story of a disabled man and seven children
There is a disabled man named Wang Huiwang in Wanger Town, Yanshan County. He makes a living by singing about happy events in the countryside and working as a tour guide. Despite the hard life, he adopted five abandoned babies and two children from poor families and sent them to school to read and write. His good deed was a story in the land.
By Jessica M Thornton4 years ago in Psyche
The "compounding effect" of success
The French Emperor Napoleon once visited an elementary school in Luxembourg with his wife. Every small step forward is a step closer to the goal
By junjun zheng4 years ago in Psyche
What wakes me up every day is really ideal
In my own life, I have come to realize that my best friends, although they have different personalities, almost all have the same characteristics. They are both flamboyant and difficult. In the company, they must be highly polarized. They love to spend money, but also make money, no one can stop them buy buy buy road, in the classmate, is not the old good guy type.
By Jyyedg4 years ago in Psyche
The Story of Helen Keller The story of Helen Keller
Helen Keller was a famous American writer and educator. In 1882, when she was a little over a year old, she suffered a high fever that damaged her brain. From then on, she could neither see nor hear, nor speak. She grew up groping in the dark.
By Jyyedg4 years ago in Psyche
What were the views of ancient thinkers on dreams?
What did ancient philosophers think of dreams? There are many different interpretations of dreams throughout history. Ancient philosophers had their own thoughts on the matter.
By emily4 years ago in Psyche
CONTRIBUTIONS OF GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY
CONTRIBUTIONS OF GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY Gestalt psychology thinks as our minds as a whole and not as elements. Gestalt psychology had started by Max Wertheimer. He came up with the concept of Phi phenomenon where flashing lights if they are continuous look like a straight line of light or an apparent motion. Motion pictures picked this up where movement can happen with light where there is no movement at all. Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization…..when the flashing lights keep moving. The gestalt law says that a person’s behavior is not based on a person’s elements but their mind/body as a whole. The great thinkers that loved gestalt law were Max Wertheheimer, Kurt Koffka, and Wofgang Kohler. They believed our minds filled in the missing gaps of information. This is how perception came about. Gestalt psychologist believed that the whole of something is better than parts of something. Gestalt psychologists came up with different laws to help understand perception. These are called the Laws of Perceptual Organization.
By Regina Mauldin4 years ago in Psyche
Sexual Assault in the Early Modern Period
While rape is a growing topic in present society, it is not a new problem. Rape has been a serious crime for centuries, though the punishment, definition, and general attitude surrounding it has changed over the years. The definition of rape changed multiple times from the 17th to the 19th centuries alone. Until 1650, rape was seen as the theft or assault on a man’s property. It was also an ambiguous term that could have meant either sexual assault or kidnapping, keeping in line with the previous definition. As society and the legal system evolved, so did the definition, with it being seen as a crime against a man’s possession(s) and instead as a crime against the woman who had been assaulted. While this was an improvement, that did not mean there were not any difficulties relating to rape accusations and trials. This paper will be discussing the topic of rape and sexual assault in the early modern period, focusing on the impact of attitudes surrounding both male and female sexuality, children and rape during this period, as well as examining trial reports from rape cases involving both children and adults.
By Alexandra Parrow4 years ago in Psyche
Adventures Promoting a Parapsychologist
“Jan has Jan” was the last thing Ouija spelled out just before sailing off the edge of the board never to return. As if it was saying “I quit.”
By Jan Portugal4 years ago in Psyche
The Film in the Window
Sitting inside the train, I lean against the cloudy window that reminds me of an old photograph with blurred edges. Through it I watch men and women bustle purposefully along the platform, looking as though each one of them has been treated abominably and are marching indignantly to the local police station to make a complaint. If the world were black-and-white, I might be able to imagine I were watching a comedy sketch at the cinema, in which everyone needs the policeman but no one knows where to find him. Somewhere deep inside my brain, I laugh. My inner child still invents stories to amuse my outer adult. But today, the adult cannot laugh. The world is colorful, and its color reflects its reality. I can’t fool myself that the solemn, troubled, nervous faces on the other side of the glass will be smiling by lunchtime. I wonder if anyone in the world will ever smile again.
By Hope Grajcar5 years ago in Psyche