De-institutionalisation

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Is it possible that if you're on the 'outside' too long, you'll never again be able to adjust to a controlled environment? How can people make the most of their stay in, say, a loony bin if there's nothing to help them in their escape from a hostile, confusing unstructured world?

― dave q, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I find the question itself a little confusing and unstructured, Dave. Do you mean 'outside' as 'outside the institution' or as 'inside the institution' (since loony bin residents are society's 'outsiders')? Is 'a controlled environment' the loony bin or normal life? And isn't a loony bin the perfect solution to those who want to escape from 'a hostile, confusing, unstructured world'?

― Momus, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This is already starting to sound like Wonko the Sane living Outside the Asylum.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You've got to get in to get out.

― Kim, Wednesday, 20 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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