"About the Yellow Wallpaper"

From Depression to Schizophrenia

Some of the behaviors currently accepted in modern society were considered Evil or possession in the 19th century. There are other behaviors that are still considered wrong even by today’s standards. This story is a perfect example of the progression of a treatable condition, Depression, to a harder and almost impossible condition, Schizophrenia. If this story hadn’t taken place in the year 1891, the reader would think; “Why didn’t they use proper treatment?”. Since it was conceived of in a simpler time, you can only imagine what types of treatments they tried for these poor inflicted individuals. Since psychology was such a new field, the treatments were often barbaric and more detrimental to the patient than leaving the condition alone. However hard it is to identify, Schizophrenia can progress from a simple neurosis to a complex psychosis if not identified and tr...