The Yello Yellow Wallpaper Analysis
John’s Guide To Treating Mental Illness
Be sure not believe your patient’s symptoms
Make sure to laugh at your patients beliefs/views
Make sure the patient does not do anything enjoyable- absolutely no intellectual stimulation
Make sure to equip patient's room with bars, and chains for constritment, just in case
No stimulus of society- no friends or family unless permitted by doctor
Do not allow the patient to think about and work out their problems
Do not allow for the expression of emotions
Make sure your patient is left alone, without loved ones all day
Treat adults with mental illness as if they are little kids
Do not allow for the patient to spend time outside, exploring nature
Threaten to send the patient away to achieve obedience
The short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman titled The …show more content…
In this short story, the narrator describes her life and her husband’s restrictions on it. These restrictions, though thought to help the narrator, do exactly the opposite. Her husband john, doesn't believe her mental illness is a mental problem or problem at all. Not like hundreds of thousands people suffer from various mental illnesses! The narrator even states “perhaps that John is the one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!” Instead of trying to comfort her emotional instability and concern regarding her health, he simply “laughs at [her]” What a great idea to treat your wife and patient! It’s not like her input …show more content…
The restrictions set upon her by John, led to her going insane in their house and eventually commiting suicide. The Yellow Wallpaper is a great example of what not to do when dealing with mental illness. It should be used as the epitome of how not to deal with people dealing with mental
Be sure not believe your patient’s symptoms
Make sure to laugh at your patients beliefs/views
Make sure the patient does not do anything enjoyable- absolutely no intellectual stimulation
Make sure to equip patient's room with bars, and chains for constritment, just in case
No stimulus of society- no friends or family unless permitted by doctor
Do not allow the patient to think about and work out their problems
Do not allow for the expression of emotions
Make sure your patient is left alone, without loved ones all day
Treat adults with mental illness as if they are little kids
Do not allow for the patient to spend time outside, exploring nature
Threaten to send the patient away to achieve obedience
The short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman titled The …show more content…
In this short story, the narrator describes her life and her husband’s restrictions on it. These restrictions, though thought to help the narrator, do exactly the opposite. Her husband john, doesn't believe her mental illness is a mental problem or problem at all. Not like hundreds of thousands people suffer from various mental illnesses! The narrator even states “perhaps that John is the one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!” Instead of trying to comfort her emotional instability and concern regarding her health, he simply “laughs at [her]” What a great idea to treat your wife and patient! It’s not like her input …show more content…
The restrictions set upon her by John, led to her going insane in their house and eventually commiting suicide. The Yellow Wallpaper is a great example of what not to do when dealing with mental illness. It should be used as the epitome of how not to deal with people dealing with mental