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Like stepping in hidden quicksand, I was almost<br />
effortlessly admitted into a mental institution.<br />
Historically, millions of Americans have fallen through<br />
institutional cracks much easier for benign reasons, by<br />
today’s standards.<br />
In her 2001 book Parental Kidnapping in America: A<br />
Historical and Cultural Analysis, author Maureen<br />
Dabbagh compiled a list of how easy it was for anyone in<br />
the latter half of the 19th century to be admitted to an<br />
insane asylum.<br />
imaginary female trouble<br />
jealousy and religion<br />
laziness<br />
masturbation for 30 years<br />
medicine to prevent conception<br />
novel reading<br />
parents were cousins<br />
political excitement<br />
asthma<br />
death of sons in war<br />
superstition<br />
egotism<br />
false confinement<br />
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