Electroconvulsive therapy

Sylvia Plath was an inspiring and gifted young author who used her life experiences as muses for her writings. In the novel The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath portrays mental illness and feminism through Esther. During the 1950’s in America, women were not educated and not expected to go to college. They were not prepared to support themselves and could rely on marriage and children as a predestined fate. Plath and Esther defied these stereotypical views when Plath attended Smith College and exceeded…

Through these proceeding chapters, we see the actual possibility of a cause for her death. We see Esther as an unhappy person, a person with mental issues, having to go though electro shock therapy, and having to live in a psych ward. She describes the electro shock procedure as “. . . and with each flash a great jolt drubbed me till I thought my bones would break and sap fly out of me like a split plant” (143). This left her wondering, what…

The Bell Jar was written around the 1950’s and 1960’s, when women were expected to adhere to specific societal norms. Often, these norms included being a mother of children, staying at home cleaning or cooking, and being an obedient wife. Society placed high importance, along with these expectations/behaviors, on the women while they were at home or in public. Society accepted women who met all these factors. Esther, a character in The Bell Jar, and Sylvia’s autobiographical figure, lacks all of…

Often described as a perfectionist, Sylvia Plath was an enviable, popular, academically successful college student when her losing battle with depression began. Having published her first poem at eight years old, Plath was a writer at her core, and her journey with mental illness can be revealed and analyzed in her writing which gave Plath a method of coping with and externalizing her many debilitating anxieties. In her many published poems, stories, and essays Plath covers topics on identity,…

Sylvia Plath’s 1963 novel “The Bell Jar”, briefs the story of an amazing, gifted poet, Esther Greenwood, whose falling apart piece by piece due to the pressure of society. Throughout the novel Esther gave many signs on how she's slowly falling apart. When working for the Ladies’ Day magazine in New York, Esther develops a mental illness. An illness that makes her unable to sleep then leads to her not being able to read and write. She then tries to commit suicide multiple times due to the lack of…

McMurphy is feeling before his therapy. As the nurse applies the oil to his head; one sees how he is wearing the crown of thorns. It is also ironic that he is talking about the crown of thorns because typically crowns are supposed to be made of something luxurious. A crown of thorns defeats the purpose of a luxury because it is painful. In this quote McMurphy is about to receive electric shock therapy, he is comparing the pain he receives from electric shock therapy and wearing a crown of…

My initial thoughts about Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum(TALA) before our visit was that “It is a museum or institutions that describes mental illnesses, and how to describe or diagnose people who had mental problems.” Prior to coming to pharmacy school, I was oblivious about mental maladies. I recalled back in Nigeria, there was a song called “kolomental”. But I was too young to fully comprehend what the song meant. I did not have any idea that there are people who suffer from mental illnesses…

in environments more conducive to outpatient use. Despite these limitations the evidence of higher response rates and rapid onset support the supposition that for adult patients aged 18-65 with depressive disorders, the administration of ketamine therapy provides relief from depressive disorder symptoms in the short term better than traditional…

Many authors work impact the culture and society around them. The author Sylvia Plath definitely impacted American culture by writing about her battle with mental illness, like depression and her views on women's role in society. The roles for women in America at that time were not what Plath wanted. In novel, The Bell Jar, Plath shows her troubles with conflicting identities. Between trying to please her mother, trying to become successful, relationships, and mental illness. She also was…

If you have ever had a pet, you know what it’s like to have a comforting companion unconditionally by your side. It’s hard to imagine a life without pets once you recognize the beneficial impact they’ve made in your life. Pets in general seem to be a common positive topic when one needs cheering up. The bond that animals and humans share is a particularly special one. Animals give a sense of comfort, love, and companionship to people. Humans grow a positive emotional attachment to their pets,…