(And they take you to Strawberry Fields) where nothing is real but the medication and the numbness and then they cut their wrists and write 'I love you God' all over the walls and hang themselves on the ventilators.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker describes institutional suffering where reality is numb and people resort to self-harm.
- In plain terms
- Institutions make people numb and real, leading some to hurt themselves and write prayers.
- What can you take from it?
- Institutional environments can foster despair and self-harm.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What causes despair in institutions?
- How do we improve care?
Another view
This view generalizes all institutional care as harmful.
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