Could a person check themselves into a mental illness asylum so that they could avoid working a job their life?
If a person could check themselves into an asylum then they would not have to work and would get a free bed and free food for the rest of their life, wouldn't they?
Is this the reason why Insane asylums were shut down back in the 1970s?
Could a person check themselves into a mental illness asylum so that they could avoid working a job their life?
I suppose if they were a good enough actor and could fool mental health professionals who have ways to screen out people, sure. However, should they change their mind, it will be tough convincing others they are not simply having delusions about themselves.
If a person could check themselves into an asylum then they would not have to work and would get a free bed and free food for the rest of their life, wouldn't they?
If that person also had zero ambitions. If that person had no desire to experience as much as life has to offer as possible. If that person never wants to eat delicious food ever again. I mean, that is a lot someone has to be willing to give up for a "free bed and free food". I wouldn't call it "free". The price is the cost of freedom.
Is this the reason why Insane asylums were shut down back in the 1970s?
Lack of funding mixed with the public seeing them as brutal relics of the past. The general public was ok with dumping lots of people who needed help back on the streets. A lot of it gets blamed on Ronald Reagan, however, no political opponents have since undone that.