DeafAngel I had to stay in a state hospital for a month and a half for self injury, and so much had a profound effect on me. from that day forward I have been facinated with old abandoned mental facilities. I love talk about the history of such places. I am told if I do not get my act together and learn how cope with my severe anxiety I will wind back into that state hospital for a longer haul. Anyone feel free to email me with comments and just idle talk. My email is deafangel4706@aol.com

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: A Farewell Visit?

	Deafangel This pix is awesome! The reflection is as if you could walk on it, seems to be solid glass floor. The left wall with the insulation hanging out is such a contrast to the rest of the decor.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Overcast

	DeafAngel sometimes some comes inside a forum just to make snide comments and then leave never to be heard of again. It is best when one insults is to ignore. Since we read the forums and not listen, it best let it in one eye and out the other!!! That is my moto since by the way I am profundly deaf.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Mental Floss

deafangel I think this pic is sensational. My late-husband wanted to paint our home a dark green to blend in with the outside scenery. Of course I rather injoy a variety of colors. Maybe the people who painted the Danvers wanted it to blend in, or they painted the tree to blend in with Denvers. they gave the tree srawberry juice so it could transform from a green tree to a red one. This is so crazy...hehe

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Tiptoe

	deafangel I wish they could restore Danvers and make it a museum like they did to USS Alabama battle ship and submarine. I mean, it would be cool to restore it has it originally was, and open to the public and even make a small skit for the tourists. Oh well...it was a nice dream though!

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies

	deafangel i had a dream once after coming home from the mental hospital. In my dream was a bathroom, and in this bathroom, the ceiling was flaking and mold, slime, and green algea was growing on the walls. Rodents started coming after me, and that was when I woke myself up screaming. I have toilet-phobia (those that are in parks, and old buildings!).

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies

	deafangel Is it my eyes deceiving me, or does that look like wheel tracks on the floor? I can imagine a lone ghost in a wheel chair strolling along in the empty orridors of time. Or an employee strolling a corpse for its last ride toward the morgue.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies

	deafangel this pix is so thrilling. Makes one wonder about what can be down in the cold, dark, and dank basement. Isn't the basement where many mental and medical facilities used to house the morgue?

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies

	deafangel Oh, the reason why I was committed, my beloved husband hot killed in 2001 and this sent me into a spiral downard into deep depression and anxiety. I developed self-injury and this was what caused me to be committed, and these photos makes me think of the hospital I was in for a month.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies

	deafangel Even though I was in a hospital here in south georgia, it still makes me remember things I had hidden deep in the recesses of my mind. Looking at these photos of Motts, it is good therapy in itself! Thanks Motts.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies

	deafangel the most fun I had and the better therapy was the art therapy. I made a vase to put small trinkets in. I also enjoyed sketching pixs and hanging them on the wall in my room at the state hospital.

Location: Danvers State Hospital  Gallery: Dreary Skies

	deafangel that poor bird saw something unheard and then flipped its wing and fell to its death, the poor bird. Seeng it there deceased make me sad. wonder why doctor feline did not move the bird!

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Deafangel my granny back in 1959 to 1967 had a sink very similar to this one. One evening I was brushing my teeth and I leaned on said sink, and since it had no reinforcemnents neneath, only the elbow pipe into the wall, the blame sink fell into me, and it was heavy for a small child. I cried and hence forth, I stayed clear of old sinks as that one.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Deafangel Gee, like catlea, I thought it was a hallway since it being so narrow. This room when it was filled with all those cots, it would be a tight space. Gee.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Deafangel Those wings seem so small, did they house children or youth in these places? of course could have been a small adult. At first I thought it an angel that had lost its head. These angel wings give a somber feeling within.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Deafangel Those bulbs really are creepy and looks like congealed blood sticking on them. Now that is way out creepy!

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Deafangel Chairs! and more chairs! I have visited Verdan Psychiatric Hosital, Adonia State Hospital via Motts' site, and there is something about these chairs the hospitals all have, and many of them sit within an archway full of light. Did the sunlight calm these patients you guess? Or maybe the staff liked basking in the sunshine on their breaks.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Deafangel Motts, you are an outstanding photographer! I would like someone like you to be my photography teacher! You do awesom e work!

Location: Buffalo State Hospital  Gallery: Night Photography

	Deafangel I would hate to know i would have to be locked up in a place as this. It is so sad and foreboding looking. I cry for it.

Location: Buffalo State Hospital  Gallery: Night Photography

	Deafangel Okay, not only am I bad at spelling, looks like I cannot read either...I guess it the moon. Sorry! :)

Location: Buffalo State Hospital  Gallery: Night Photography

	Deafangel Is that a star above the building? Motts, you did an awesome creation with this pic as it reflects the light atop the building! An awesome reflection!

Location: Buffalo State Hospital  Gallery: Night Photography

	Deafangel My question? Why was this old mental asylums made similar to old gothic structures and castles? Why not a plain ordinary looking hospital? I love the designs though because these old abandoned asylums makes good ghost stories!

Location: Buffalo State Hospital  Gallery: Night Photography

	Deafangel Those small doors mystifies me. Why were they there for? It looks similar to a laundry shute! Maybe this is a patient shute, they would slide the unruly patient down the shute and into a padded room...now that would seem like balls of fun! Slip sliding away!

Location: Adonia State Hospital  Gallery: Spring

	Deafangel the "time out" chair is waiting for you! come and sit if you will, and you will get a great big thrill!

Location: Adonia State Hospital  Gallery: Spring

	Deafangel Now this, this is what night terrors are made of. I can actually imagine a furry creature popping up from that poor has-been mattress. Yipes!

Location: Adonia State Hospital  Gallery: Spring