How To Survive The Madhouse

By The Secret Madman

What do you do when you find yourself diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder and locked away from the general public? 

Will you treat your experience like any other, or succumb to the newly discovered pressures that now threaten you? 

How To Survive The Madhouse provides guidan

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vallon von Bacchus
• Release date: Oct 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781739960612

The Secret Madman

The Secret Madman spent 6 years locked away in a Welsh forensic hospital. During his stay he paid close attention to how this institution operated and the types of people detained and employed there. How To Survive The Madhouse is one of three books, written under different pen names, that the Secret Madman has authored about his experiences at the hands of the psychiatric system.Twitter: @secretmadman

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rule no.1

AVOID THE MADHOUSE AT ALL COSTS



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Stay away from those fucking hospitals. charlie

Rule no.1: Firstly, avoid the madhouse at all costs. Being stuck in the madhouse is as much fun as being crucified by the Romans. Such places only tend to worsen your predicament and cost you valuable time you could dedicate to activities you love, like for instance, porn surfing and gambling. If you somehow believe that a period in a mental hospital will be beneficial to you, think again. Any symptoms of what others term ‘mental illness’ will only be amplified by the environment of suspicion, continual subjection to assessment, and the expected compliance to your care and treatment (or ‘careless mistreatment’, as it should be known).

We all see the world at least slightly differently to one another, but a natural period of sadness can be pathologised as clinical depression and eccentricity and over-enthusiasm diagnosed as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Don’t believe that you’re mad simply because others tell you so. The job of psychiatrists and related mental health professionals is to seek insanity within us all, consequently increasing their wages through medical assessments and aiding Big Pharma in becoming evermore powerful.

You are fine. You may be experiencing a hard time, but recognise your uniqueness. Know that you possess a singular perspective of reality that others can only guess at and may never understand. You are fine. Whatever unfortunate circumstances that may have befallen you can be overcome without psychiatric intervention. Self belief is paramount and within the pages of this brief book, I will guide you to developing into the self-possessed and capable person you want to be, medication free and hopefully at your happiest.

In March 2010, following a series of calamitous acts, I made my life’s worst decision and transferred from a category A prison to a medium security hospital, whilst on remand. My situation was such that I’d spent 8 months in a control cell, punished for my attack on