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The Thorazine Shuffle

Thorazine is a nasty drug designed to do nothing more than keep its victims in a mental straight jacket.

I was not sure where I was going, but I did understand there was not a choice. We arrived at a building where buzzers and bells went off and commanded every door. Two men in uniform directed me to sit in a chair, stuffed papers through a whole cut in the door, and left.
A voice asking questions over a speaker I could not see. A chair that was bolted to the floor. A door I could not open. A smell that came from the blood that soaked my clothes. My blood. I tried to remember why I had been beaten, but the distorted voice interrupted with orders to walk through the door when it was buzzed open.
She is looking at the blood, I guess she wonders about it too.
A man with a twisted smile began asking questions and writing on paper. Every once in a while his smile would melt into the rest of his face leaving him looking perplexed.
Cubicles with curtains dividing them held sleeping strangers. I too must go to sleep they said, but first I needed a shot to help me. My protest fell on deaf ears. It will help me calm down, they said.
Wait! I am calm!
No your not.
Well, maybe not now, because I don't need or want a shot!
Is there a problem? Two men who resembled giants came near.
No. The needle came closer.
What is it?
Something to help you relax.
A veil of darkness enveloped me, taking me to the bottom of a pit and piling heavy mounds of dirt on top of me.

In the morning when they woke me I could not understand why it was so foggy. When I tried to walk I found my legs had been replaced with lead stumps while I slept. One of the sleeping strangers saw my plight and laughed. Then she chanted, "You have the Thorazine shuffle, you have the Thorazine shuffle".
I wanted to run but couldn't. I wanted to scream but feared another shot. I wanted to die then thought, maybe I already had.

posted on Mar 22, 2008 3:26 PM ()

Comments:

Such powerful stories... thanks for sharing.
comment by mellowdee on Mar 24, 2008 8:28 AM ()
Your doing a good job girl, shine some more light on those cockroaches.
comment by justmyopinion on Mar 23, 2008 10:05 PM ()
You are doing such a public service with your blog. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
comment by sunlight on Mar 23, 2008 1:15 PM ()
Great post...that's some potent stuff...
comment by strider333 on Mar 22, 2008 10:55 PM ()
I read an excellent book about mental illness when I was suffering from depression. there are basically two approaches -- the human body is a chemical factory, therefore all we have to do is balance the chemicals theory... and the less popular approach that reckons we are thinking and feeling animals who need companionship, love, attention, stability and understanding... despite this book, the 'humans are chemicals' approach is the one favoured by most psychiatrists in the western world. such cruelty.
comment by clovis on Mar 22, 2008 10:33 PM ()
Thorazine is one of the worst, as far as effects like that on patients. And I have seen doctors order it for stupid stuff too, like hiccups...
comment by ekyprogressive on Mar 22, 2008 8:27 PM ()
The mental health system is all about "mental straight jackets". I worked for some time in a mental health facility and then years later have had a close relative fall victim to the "mental health system".
comment by wickedwitchofthewest on Mar 22, 2008 6:41 PM ()
Learning something new every day.Loved the post.
Good read.Thanks.
comment by fredo on Mar 22, 2008 4:09 PM ()

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