jake

I used to be quite pretty ,
now i'm not .
I used to be Nick Cotton ,
Now i'm Dot

[jake @mrfonch]

@PhilipProudfoot Some times tomatos + econa sauce and this got me through college

[jake @mrfonch]

@HeidiBriones

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

In 1973, eight perfectly healthy people walked into different psychiatric hospitals across the United States. They were not ill. Yet no one inside those walls was able to see it.
It was an experiment. One of the most disturbing experiments in the history of psychiatry. Designed by psychologist David Rosenhan, it began with a simple yet unsettling question: is it really possible to reliably distinguish mental health from mental illness?
To find out, Rosenhan recruited eight pseudopatients. They were ordinary people: a painter, a housewife, a pediatrician, a graduate student. They lied about only one thing—they claimed to hear voices. Nothing more. No bizarre behavior, no crises, just three words heard in their minds: “empty,” “hollow,” “thud.”
All of them were admitted. And immediately afterward, they stopped pretending. They behaved normally. They cooperated. They asked to be discharged. It wasn’t possible.
The staff no longer saw people, but diagnoses. Every action was reinterpreted through the lens of illness: writing notes? Obsessive behavior. Standing in the hallway? Pathological attention-seeking. Being polite? Controlled behavior consistent with the disorder.
Seven of them were labeled schizophrenic. One was diagnosed as manic-depressive. Not a single one was recognized as healthy. Not one.
But the real patients noticed. Some approached and whispered, “You’re not like the others. You don’t belong here.” They saw what the experts could not recognize.
The average length of hospitalization was 19 days. One person remained hospitalized for 52 days. Each passing day confirmed the same truth: the label was more powerful than reality.
When Rosenhan published his study—On Being Sane in Insane Places—it caused an earthquake. The psychiatric community erupted in outrage. One hospital challenged Rosenhan to send new pseudopatients, confident they would expose them. He accepted. In the following months, the hospital identified 41 supposed impostors. But Rosenhan had sent no one. No one at all.
The truth was now undeniable: diagnoses were not always based on facts, but on context. Once labeled, a person became a prisoner of that narrative. Even if they were sane. Even if they protested the truth.
This experiment shattered blind trust in clinical labels. It led to major reforms in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. But above all, it left a haunting and still relevant lesson:
Perception can distort reality more than madness itself.
And often, the most dangerous illusion is not that of those considered insane, but of those who believe they are always right.
Eight healthy people entered psychiatric hospitals in 1973. They came out carrying a truth the world could no longer ignore.

[jake @mrfonch]

Hahahahaha

[wokeandwoofing @wokeandwoofing]

Today I took my children to see the pride parade. "When will the Trans women pass?" asked my daughter. "Never" I replied, "That's why they were crying when their float drove by."

[jake @mrfonch]

@GoodLawProject You and foxes

[jake @mrfonch]

@JamesEFoster

[jake @mrfonch]

@ZackPolanski Weirdly I remember public ownership of most things it was absolutely shite ,the 70s sucked

[Ryan Rogers @ryanMcRogers]

I spoke with @stellaomalley3 of @genspect about medical gender transitions and the truth about suicide risk:

[jake @mrfonch]

Crickey

[TERFs ‘r’ us ©️ @Terfs_R]

OK, so you want to give this unhinged creature access to to women’s safe spaces, @jonasgahrstore⁉️🇳🇴

Time to wake up and repeal our Law of Gender ID (the GRA)‼️

[jake @mrfonch]

@Frakentash @MrMennoTweets @Glinner Those are Nike rifts ,very comfortable

[jake @mrfonch]

@wat_thee_deuce_ Out of a fridge absolute tooth shattering

[jake @mrfonch]

@ffsSpooky Her mum

[jake @mrfonch]

@BibleBaggins46 This is her mum

[jake @mrfonch]

@cookmandy @TonyTown67 @RoyalMail

[jake @mrfonch]

@JamieBonkiewicz Are his kids Muslim ?? Nope didn't think so

[jake @mrfonch]

@TheGNPE Hunter is a massive worry

[jake @mrfonch]

@NadiaWhittomeMP @LeftLion Who did you troon out ??

[jake @mrfonch]

@KatyKray73 Fantastic TV with an awesome theme tune

[jake @mrfonch]

@HenMazzig Why would you let this savage on tv

[jake @mrfonch]

@NadiaWhittomeMP @GoodLawProject The good laugh project never win anything except fights with foxes