[mizzrocio]

is true that if you were mentally ill back in the day they would lock you up forever in a institution.

[beauflow]

it may depend on how far back, or when, would be referring to.

History of mental disorders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Brief History of Mental Illness and the U.S. Mental Health Care System - Unite For Sight

History

I have heard of a lot of experiments being done, when people were trying to "figure out and find cures" for some things... sadly some of those things made things worse.

I think one thing we all should remind ourselves, with history and humans in general- is that we learn... and some things we go about learning, aren't the best- but humans do learn.

Maybe slowly some times, but still.

Socrates: Socrates believed that mental illness was heaven-sent and not shameful in the least. He believed it to be a blessing, and therefore no treatment was required.

Google can be a friendly thing to use some times with some questions.