What was supposedly an experiment to measure how long rats swim in glass jars before giving up to drown and die, turned out to provide a powerful insight on resilience and hope. The HOPE Experiment In the 1950’s, Curt P. Richter, a professor from Johns Hopkins and a Harvard graduate, conducted a harsh experiment on …
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Read and Destroy
This letter was found in the archives of the Meadow Creek Psychiatric Hospital, many years after it was closed. The identity of the author remains unknown. “I checked myself into a psychiatric hospital out of fear for my sanity, even though I secretly wished to be insane my whole life. Madness meant liberation from the …