How would you feel if your ancestor lived in a lunatic asylum?

Not surprised, that's for sure.

Go back far enough and you'll find all sorts of people in your family tree.

My dad was born in one while my Grandmother committed. Couple of her kids also committed on and off some voluntary and some not. My Dad not a functional human being and not stable with mental illness but not ever in an institution. Cousins medicated for mental illness. Gene pool is shallow here but I get away with some SSRIs and am mostly functional. Hoping my son gets even less of the mad as a cut snake gene.

I visited my Grandmother once as a kid and she ate the cupcake I gave her with wrapper still on and she had a huge hole in her head from cancer so I was pretty terrorised! As an adult I went back to look at it all shut down and tracked down a self published history book of the place to read and tried to do some research into exactly what she had that might translate to modern terms but everyone had different ideas. I probably shouldn’t have spawned a child but too late now.

im sure it wouldnt be uncommon

The whole world is now a lunatic asylum. Remember to enjoy the barred window view!

A bit mad.

I'm actually surprised that some of them weren't.

I'd feel they still had a better standard of life than some people currently do today. Decent meals, roof over their head.

I feel like some days I am working my way into a loony bin trying to save money and keep my head above water.

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It would account for the way I am today.