This list of reasons for admission to a "lunatic asylum" in the 1800s

[octoberlib]

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Some of these pairings, like bad habits and political excitement and fever and loss of lawsuit are weird. Apparently people could be thrown in an asylum for anything back then.

[Lochloosa]

1. Masturbation for 30 years? I'm done ..

[Docreed2003]

8. Looks like that's most of the dudes here on DU!

[doc03]

11. Also says suppression of masterbation

[Lochloosa]

14. WTF is that?

[LakeSuperiorView]

15. Damned if you do, damned if you don't...

[dewsgirl]

2. Rumor of husband murder, this whole list is straght up insane.

30 years of masturbation. Super weird.

[dflprincess]

3. Deranged masturbation?

I know I'm stereotyping but wouldn't that cover most adolescent boys?

[Harker]

5. Suppose they're reading a novel

at the time? That might warrant a padded cell.

[Mister Ed]

6. I also see "Suppressed Masturbation" on the list.

So it looks as though you can't win, no matter what.

[dalton99a]

4. Ok, it's your "time of life" to go to the asylum

Looks like Donald Trump could qualify under a bunch of them

[Harker]

7. Uh oh.

I worked for nearly a year at a Salvation Army thrift store.

[ProudLib72]

9. Gathering in the head means meningitis

Looked it up. Wow! Who knew a prolonged stay in the loony bin could cure a bacterial infection?

[obamanut2012]

10. These are actually reasons for WOMEN

Who could be tossed in by their husbands or sons just because, and often were.

[dflprincess]

12. No, I think it's unisex though a lot of the items on the list would only apply to women

but I doubt if "Fell from horse in war" would have applied to many females of that era.

[oberliner]

13. Here's the fact check on this from Snopes

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reasons-admission-insane-asylum-1800s/

[MrScorpio]

16. "Bloody Flux" is a winner.

[doc03]

17. Parents are cousins? Pretty much everyone

in WV could be put away.

[FakeNoose]

18. That's a West Virginia area code - 304

[Blaukraut]

19. So pretty much anything other than breathe (normally) got you committed n/t