Experience Told Through Charlotte Perkinss Writing Essay

Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrought The Yellow Wallpaper while she was recovering from her depression. She had suffered from the depression and to describe what she went through, she wrote the short story to describe her own experiences. The main treatment she was treated with, and the character in the short story were treated with, was the rest cure. In which it would last about six to eight weeks, which involved isolation from friends and family. In the story she is isolated for the most part when they are staying away from home for the summer months. In The Yellow Wallpaper the narrator and her husband John have gone to a secluded estate, which they are renting for the summer. John a Doctor wanted her to rest as much as possible by†¦show more content†¦In the end she is insane and locked in her room, she is convinced that she came out of the wall Ive got out at last, said I, in spite of you and Jane. And Ive pulled off most of the paper, so you cant put me back!. When John s ees the full horror of the situation he faints in the doorway and that she creeps over him. According to the Science Museum treatments that the narrator goes through are formulated for her type of situation by Silas Weir Mitchell that cured certain diseases and conditions. The treatment was for neurasthenia which is a medical condition characterized by: fatigue, headache, irritability, anxiety, and depressed mood; also hysteria which is an exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion. The rest cure would have a duration of six to eight weeks as a general time frame. It would isolate patients from contact with their friends and family for an extended period of time; also could be prohibited from talking, reading, writing, etc. Some patients sometimes had to be forced fed if it were needed, which would make them seem like they were an infant. Most cases they would be in hospitals with nurses cleaning them and feeding them; also the doctor would massage and use electrotherapy to keep their m uscles. Over time things have changed in the way that we treat people that suffer from some of these conditions though prescription drugs. Today Doctors have a