Neil Brooks, Quizzer, 1-35

1. What do you think mentally ill means?
I think that mentally ill is a term or diagnosis that is thrown around too much. I think that it is difficult to believe that based on a few tests, a doctor can declare somebody mentally ill. Just because someone has a few problems doesn't mean they have to be locked up for evaluation or take a hand full of pills every day. I believe that there are some people who suffer from mental illness but it is a diagnosis used too often.

2. How long do you think you could last in a mental hospital, and what would be your main reason for wanting to leave?
I honestly think I wouldn't be able to last more than a few days. I think I would want to quit right away but I may be able to push through for a couple days. The biggest issue for me would be to have my freedom taken from me in the blink of an eye. I can't stand being in a room for more than a few hours now, so locked in a hospital I would probably lose it.

3. If you were in her situation when they took her to the unsecure holding room, would you have ran?
Even though it sounded pretty terrible there already, i think if I had a reason to be there I would push through. It would be easy to just give up that quick but I think I could tough it out for a couple days. I would have taken her strategy and suppressed the anger and just take the hospital's tests.

4. Do you think if you did this you would "go in will and turn ill overnight" like Norah claims happened to her?
To some extent I believe that and to some extent I do not. I believe that being admitted there would shake me mentally. It would definitely shake some things up, but I don't think it would immediately turn me "ill". I find it very hard to believe that a few hours anywhere could change the status of my mental health.