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 …
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 …