The “crazy” people back in these days are much more well spoken, mannered, behaved and dignified than the “normal” people of today.

06:43 "I just wanna do what everybody else wants me to do. I just wanna keep everybody happy." How heartbreaking.

The voices she hears of her dad yelling at her mom sounds more like auditory hallucinations from PTSD, real memories.

The poor girl was traumatized .

She’s describing real voices she heard. She’s doesn’t appear “crazy” to me, just conflicted due to the toxic nature of her family.

To me, these interviews make it clear, and stress the fact that it is SOOOOOO very important how we treat our children. We can make them or break them. I blame the parents 100% for this girls state of mind. Perhaps a small part of her behavior is inherited, but for the most part, I think it depends on how she is treated being brought up as a child. Being a parent is the most important job and responsibility a person can have. We MUST do it well!

These videos are so interesting I am binge watching them ...thank you for finding these old videos please find more

She's NOT schizophrenic. She's been traumatized by her environment.

Sounds like she grew up in an abusive home and has trauma from having to deal with that.

My grandma speaks just like this. Almost exactly the same nature . She’s 96 and the most angelic being

I I’ve watched most of theses tapes and the people seem to have really sweet natured and very eloquent my heart goes out to all of them.... mental illness is a cruel illness

In the first interview she is having a moment of clarity. In the second she has been brainwashed into believing her family is normal.

She seems completely lucid and describes her symptoms objectively. This doesn't resemble my understanding of acute schizophrenia.

Did anyone else notice how drastically she changed in those five days? Not just the fact that she saw things “clear” now, but her body language, her posture, even the attitude. When she just came is, she was a scared young woman who wanted to do whatever others told her. By the end of it, it’s like that breakdown helped her realize everything that’d been going on isn’t her fault. Fascinating

I don't know where she's from in the South but she has the most beautiful, soft and gentle accent. Really her way of being formed by where she grew up is a treasure. She was the one suffering great difficulties but I am the one humbled by her graciousness.

HSP Highly sensitive person, empath who has been overwhelmed by loveless dysfunctional family environment.

She seems like a sweet gentle and sensitive girl who is probably sitting on a lot of trauma. I’m bet she’s scared to tell the doctor what’s really going on. I doubt that she’s really schizophrenic. She’s too well organized and there’s no sign of negative symptoms.

She's a people pleaser and is both gentle and sensitive person. It's so sad to children raised in unsafe homes. 💔 That second part was like watching a completely different person.

I wonder sometimes if children are abused mentally and physically, then their response to the abuse is seen as mental illness..then they are abused more by the doctors..so much evil in the world.😠

She said in her own words "I just want to make everyone happy". Even those of us that are sane & mentally stable have this thought on our minds.

Did anyone else hear her say that she started hearing voices for the first time after being given SHOTS at the various hospitals. Hmmm ...just saying.

This girl exhibits PTSD. She’s not schizophrenic she needs to heal from a dysfunctional family. She was clearly neglected and emotionally abused. Very sad.

This woman is absolutely insane to us nowadays. She is too polite. 2020

In the second interview she sounds like she is just telling them what they want to hear rather than how she actually feels.

Sounds like she had trama as a child. Daddy fighting with mom, any child would be a nervous wreck and scared, probably thought it was her fault. Then being left out of her family discussions. Bless her heart. Always wonder why they didn’t follow up on theses patients.

My heart broke for this young woman. I know that mental health wasn't as widely understood back then as perhaps it is now, but her ability to express herself the way she did, and her calm demeanor didn't indicate (to me) that were any symptoms of schizophrenia in any categorization. I hope this young woman lived out the rest of her days surrounded by the love she so deserved.

I have been around plenty of schizophrenics when working with the homeless, and this girl does not have schizophrenia

She has the most wonderful, gentle, soothing voice I’ve ever heard

Seems to me those shots caused the auditory hallucinations

I find these to be so interesting. I have bipolar and struggle with manic depression. I do get treatment and am very committed to therapy. I am not ashamed to ask for help when I need it.(usually when hospitalization is needed). Ignorant people think that people with mental health are weak and broken and it quite opposite. I feel it takes a strong person to be submissive when help is needed and seek it and accept it . I you don’t know something is wrong you can’t fix it. Watching these videos makes me feel two ways #1It shows how society have become more accepted to mental health issues #2 I see how much treatment have evolved for the better. Thank you for this channel.

To me, this seems much more like ptsd than schizophrenia. Poor girl

"I still felt alone, even though I was with my own family." This poor girl. I hope she found her own happiness, maybe married a nice man and had some kids of her own. I wish we could find out.

She is so very sweet, thoughtful, and sensitive. Sensitive to yelling and screaming and fighting, etc. Maybe "the voices" are simply memories of all the crazy fighting she had to listen to over the years. Maybe the other folks needed some help. Wonder if she became a teacher or a nurse. She's very caring soul.

The heavy sighs, the old audio effect, the quality of this video it just feel so heavy despite how soft her voice. I hope she did live well :(((

come to my workplace, most people there are total nut jobs compared to this young woman who seems like the pinnacle of sanity in comparison

Such comportment. Her tone and quality of voice is angelic. It's a shame we can't converse like this anymore.

Totally traumatized overmedicated young girl being labelled as schizophrenic...

She seems normal to me, just stressed out with home things. Needed to get a rest. Not sure what they gave her to hear voices. Med were pretty barbaric back then.

Hope this young lady had a happy life and got the treatment she needed

She started hearing voices AFTER the shot.

Thank you so much for finding and posting all these incredibly interesting videos. I’ve been watching them for days and can’t get enough

Man, I feel so bad for her. Everyone was just emotionally dumping on her. I wanna hug her.

I had a terrible episode back when I was seriously depressed. I remember waking up in the morning and driving to work. When I was entering the office building, I heard voices calling out my name - such hallucinations can be brought on by simple fatigue or being depressed for a very long period of time. I felt chills running down my spine, because even I realised that hearing voices is a very disturbing sign. The whole day I sat at the computer and couldn't really see or understand a thing. I moved as if in a dream, and when the day came to an end and it was time for me to go home - something just snapped. I went outside and felt that everything was a blur, all those strangers in the street looking at me funny, and I couldn't cry, I didn't really understand where I was going. I felt like screaming, because I suddenly realised that it was all too much for me. The world around was shattering and falling into pieces, and it seemed that everything was pure evil, pure torment. The next day I consulted a psychiatrist.

These people seem so poised and elegant. This lady is beautiful. It seems so different than out current culture. Not in a good way. I think we are becoming dumbed down.

I've watched LOTS of vintage psychiatric interview videos. This one is particularly striking. In the first interview, she is actively symptomatic but she's authentic and vulnerable. In the second interview, which presumably demonstrates the positive effects of psychiatric care, she is stiff and guarded.

I feel very sad to see how we as a parents don't think when we argue mature things in front of our children. The mental damage and emotional trauma breaks their brains beyond what we can imagine. To my daughter.... I'm sorry for all you've heard when you were a kid. Im sorry for having been so careless.

I wonder how she managed and I’d she’s still alive. I hope she was able to live well with the illness and found happiness.

"This conversation is just between you and me, and 348,809 others in 60 years".

The meek shall inherit the earth. She certainly deserves earth and then some! Gentle lady, hope she found her strength. Sounds like she was bullied into snapping.

I think what was referred to as acute schizophrenia today we would classify as depression brought on by how a verbally, and perhaps physically, abusive father acted towards her mother. I think the voices may be a side effect of the anti-psychotic drugs they were giving her. She seems like a daily well adjusted person given the living arrangements.

“I just wanna do what everybody wants me to do. I just wanna keep everybody happy.” That hit me in the chest hard. I think that way every day.

Hi Pika, Thank you so much for posting these interviews. I find them very interesting. My mother majored in Psychology in University, and I sat in on a few of her classes. I found the psychiatric discussions in the classroom were extremely useful and interesting.

This girl is a teen? She seems a little older than a teen and mentions her husband. I thought she was a teen living at home, but apparently not. She sounds fine to me, just brainwashed and gaslit into thinking she was just “taking things personally”. I feel sorry for her.

The voices seem to be associated with the drug they where giving her.

The voices in her head are just her overwhelming thoughts

I feel like a lot of this is trauma...

She’s like the postscript of a Tennessee Williams character. Like, this is what happened to Laura and Blanche.

I watched a few of these, they are fascinating, I am so struck by how self aware the “patient” is on these recordings. Would love to know that these people went on to have peace and happiness at some point in life.🌸🌺🙏🌺🌸✌️💕

Mental illness is so very cruel. Many of us suffer. I'm so thankful that videos like this spread awareness. Bless this sweet gal's heart.

Thank you so much for sharin! What a nice found! I am so happy. Thanks a lot

I wish I could reach back in time and give this girl a hug. I do not think she is schizophrenic, she may have had an episode of schizo-effective disorder which is essentially episodic bouts of schizophrenia like symptoms that thru meds or ECT passes and they can go back to feeling sane again. I'm married to someone who has these occasional episodes and requires hospitalisation. But when she's better she back to herself again.

Its hard when you know there's something wrong with you and when you tell it or ask help from your so called "friends" or "family" they'll just ignore you or say you're just over reacting.

What a sweet young girl. I sincerely hope she found help and healing that lasted.

"I just wanna keep everybody happy"😭Hope you find joy in your life.💜

I've been in a psych wards a few times. I think the ones hearing voices and seeing people that are not there are the saddest. The voices are always mean and evil. I always felt normal compared to them. Being bipolar is no fun either, but I would never want to switch places. So sad

I believe her schizoid experience that included hallucinations was brought on by repressed anxiety and that she is not truly schizoidal or paranoid as an ongoing illness.

What a delightful young lady. I hope she made a full recovery and went on to live a healthy life. ❤

All these people on here saying it’s not schizophrenia, many types of schizophrenia are caused by childhood trauma . Even something as simple as moving home or changing school can set this off . I do love these interviews they are so enlightening thank you for posting them.

She’s so well spoken. Not one ‘like’ in her sentences.

Not sure where you have found these videos , appreciate the upload. It was a scary time with psychiatric hospitals back then and even today. They still don’t truly know what’s happening ...

She said she never heard voices until they gave her a shot.

Poor thing. I hope she’s ok now.😢

My sister has these weird episodes every few months. Her eyes stop blinking and she smiles at you but you can see the rage building up. Its scary as f. She is in her mid forties and has been kinda crazy her whole life. I spend as much time with her as possible just to make sure her daughters (3 and 6 l are OK. Most often I have to leave and hope god looks after them because she goes into rages and is in her own reality. I've never seen her attack the kids but I wouldn't be surprised. She lost her first daughter for a year when she was 3 and I had temp. Custody until I couldn't due to her showing up at all hours and me having to call the cops. I felt it was too violent and unpredictable of a situation to expose my daughter to this so I gave custody of her kid to the state and stepped away from any contact with her. She retaliated by stealing all of my daughters valuables and money she had in her room when I wasn't home . my daughter is still traumatized by her and it hurts me to think I didn't do enough to shield her from it. The only reason I'm back in contact with her is to keep an eye on her kids. I have them almost every weekend but its hard when I have to pretend to be friends with someone I don't like or respect. Also its so my parents , who are both 80, can have assurance that the girls are OK. I don't want them to be stressed. Felt good to finally let this out. Pray for her girls not me, I'm at peace with the burden of being the younger brother of a crazy ass bioch.

This brought me to tears...I remember screaming at my mom one day trying to explain and said “ I can hear you fighting in my head!” Schitsoaffective disorder with mania and psychosis. 🤷‍♀️

I think she is absolutely darling and so well spoken and calm. I really hope things worked out for her

Sweet girl...she is very understanding...I wonder if she became a nurse like her mom ? She has compassion

Such a beautiful person inside and outside as well. She’d be in her late 70s now, if she’s still around. I hope she had a better life as she grew older.

That poor girl is crying out loud for help with her family, she just wants it to stop.. this is her escape..

Bless her heart she is so sweet this is heart breaking.

She has such a comforting voice

poor kid, breaks my heart, but also how little we know about all this even today in 2020.....not much has changed

I just wanted to reach through the screen and give her a hug. Poor girl

Thank you Pika Grape Snack for uploading these videos and providing subtitles. It is kind of you. Kindly, Craig.

This shows us just how much psychiatry has gotten so much better over the years. To dome to that diagnosis conclusion feom this interview shows how narrow and limited the knowldge was about mental health. 💗

I wouldn't consider her as having a schizophrenic episode. This is emotional trauma, PTSD, From an emotionally neglected child resulting in low self-esteem and a co-dependency strategy for survival of the basic humanistic needs to feel safe, loved and belonging. I can totally relate to this.

this interview is just horrible....nothing wrong with this girl...just the system!

I love the way she speaks, and the doctor. The way people spoke back in the day seems so familiar and more refined compared to today.

A very sensitive, kind soul overwhelmed by a somewhat dysfunctional family... I've worked with schizophrenics, and this young lady has a very lucid, sound mind. I'm certain that her future improved.

Sounds like she's having memories of her mom and dad and things that actually happened her whole life and they had a bad effect on her throughout her life and she didn't know how to cope, which caused her trauma and she thinks she's still hearing the arguing but it's not really there. Very sad 😪

People are really crazy now a days. More antidepressants, anxiety, PTSD meds prescribed than ever. Also anger management, opioid epidemic etc....

Watching this girl who seems to be so sweet but is obviously suffering made me wish I could hug and comfort her

She is so well mannered, soft spoken and Intelligent. I think its the shots that causes her to hear the voices

Hmm what was in those shots? Strange the voices only started after the first

she just wants to go home in the second interview

Notice how polite she is? That's how we were raised in the 60s. She was raised in her younger years in the 50s. She says, "Excuse me " a lot. Now, people rarely think about how they're presenting themselves. Childhood trauma, such as growing up in a home where there's a lot of fighting., can affect how we deal with life, in general, as adults. I hope she's better now. She's probably 15 years older than I. She'd be in her late 70s

What I find Amazing is how sweet these girls seem. I feel so sorry for them. Mind problems are so cruel.

With all these Southern accents, these have to have been filmed in Milledgeville, GA State Hospital for the Mentally Ill. The facility is gone now but served all of Georgia and surrounding states.

My heart hurts for this soul. She was treated horribly and instead of helping her she was gaslight to really believe that she was taking up too much attention. Brainwashed by thinking she is supposed to listen to others and not speak up about her needs.

I'm so interested in these things. Psychologically help people is my dream. I really feel bad when seeing someone disturbed mentally. Most of the time it is because traumatic past. When someone talking with them and showing respect and love can heal most of their illness. May God help me to heal those souls.. Thank you for these uploads. I'm so grateful as it inspires me a lot

Poor little girl 💔 I Pray she was given the opportunity for a much better and happier life 🙏