Chapter 72 Paradox in the madhouse

Clint Eastwood's movie "Change" is adapted from real events: in 1928, the son of Christine Collins who worked in the telephone office disappeared, and the police station, which was accused of ineffective handling of the case, was forced by public opinion Under pressure, he randomly stuffed a waif to her, asking her to admit that it was her son.She refused, and was committed to a mental institution. In the psychiatric hospital, the doctor told her that if she wanted to get out early, she had to sign a statement acknowledging that the child was her son, otherwise she would have to stay in the hospital, and even had to undergo horrific electric shock therapy - which included A paradox, isn't she considered a lunatic, why is she considered normal when she signs the statement?The statement she signed is also considered valid?The woman who violated the "Article 12 Law" like her also told her that if she wanted to go out early, she had to admit that she was mentally ill. Mental problems are useless because "mental patients don't admit they are mentally ill".

This kind of paradox in a mental hospital is really familiar.A few years ago, a policeman named Xiong Liang was sent to a mental hospital for 203 days of compulsory treatment. The reason he was sent was that he didn’t get along well with his colleagues and superiors. They asked someone to do an appraisal for him, and then decided to Yes, he suffers from "paranoid psychosis".In the psychiatric hospital, I have to take medicine every day. After taking the medicine, I have to open my mouth and shout "Ah——" to let the doctor confirm that the medicine has been swallowed.There are a lot of really crazy people there, staring at people, their eyes are red, and if they want to hit people, they just hit them if they have no choice.

There is only one way to get out of there: "You have to admit that you are wrong, and you have to admit that you are sick." This is a serious psychological barrier. He passed this barrier and admitted that he was sick. After a few days, he regretted it again. , so I had no choice but to stay inside.Later, he once again admitted that he was a madman, which was better than letting a real madman stare with red eyes.So, he left there.There are many contradictions, one of which is why is he considered capable when he admits that he has a mental problem?Could it be that he deliberately sobered up for a moment just to draw a conclusion that was not good for him?

If they could be sent to a mental institution, so could I.The stuff I write, the way I get along with the people around me, the fact that I spend more than six hours a day on the Internet, could get me into it.It doesn't even need to mobilize too many people, just two or three people and a car can tie me up and send me to the Fifth People's Hospital.I have no way of proving that I'm not crazy.I am silent, that is madness; I stare, that is madness; I speak coherently, that is madness; crazy.As long as someone branded me a "crazy man", I couldn't get rid of it anymore.If you are crazy, you can't do laboratory tests, you can't do CT, you can't have color Doppler ultrasound, it's up to people to decide whether they are crazy or not.

That's why Foucault said in "The Modern Mental Hospital is an important institution of power in a civilized society." Its most powerful feature is that even if there are many paradoxes, it can also exist in a smug way, using the chaos of the spiritual world as an excuse , to find reasons for exercising power. In December 1991, the United Nations passed the "Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care", but I think whether it is crazy or not, people have the final say, and only people have the final say. It doesn't count.Once you are regarded as a lunatic, where can you find this person who has the final say to implement the protection principles of the United Nations?We have to walk quietly, on tiptoe, or like a cat, let the feet grow soft pads, so as not to attract the attention of this place.You know, at present, the only difference between us and mental patients is that we are not in a mental hospital.