I Grow Mushrooms in a Mental Hospital

A very good book. Compared with other books, this book tells individual stories from the perspective of medical staff. Unfortunately, the story here always ends abruptly. It's as if you were holding an oil-paper umbrella and walking past a tired-looking young man in an alley on a rainy day. Why did he look so tired, why didn't he hold an umbrella, and why did he pass by that alley on a rainy day. You speculate curiously, but in the end you only get a story with no beginning and no end. Not every encounter is complete. What you get to know each individual, and what you can see and taste are ultimately just fragments of their lives. I am honored to meet these special individuals in society through the author and this book.

Thank you, Sister Yu, for bringing us these stories. Saw a comment: "Unfortunately, the stories here always end abruptly. It's like you holding an oil-paper umbrella in an alley on a rainy day and passing by a tired-looking teenager. Why does he look so tired? He hasn't held an umbrella yet. Why is he so tired? Passing by that alley on a rainy day. You are curious to speculate, but in the end you only get a clue that there is no beginning. A story without an ending. Not every encounter is complete. Your acquaintance with each individual is unique. Knowing that what can be seen and tasted is ultimately just a fragment of their lives. Segment. " I had the same feeling. I couldn't know why they suffered from mental illness, and I didn't know whether they would have a happy future. It was a bittersweet experience with salt added to it, so astringent that my mouth was filled with emotion. After reading this book, I can only say that I care more about these groups. It also reduces previous prejudices "I remembered that philosophers said that bias is based on cognitive limitations caused by inertia of thinking. If a person's experience and amount of information are very limited, the thinking model will be very single. When the actual situation is not within her model, bias will begin to attack."

"I Grow Mushrooms in a Mental Hospital", this title captured my heart without even blinking. The author is a depressed writer who has been working as a psychiatric nurse for 14 years and writes documentary literature. When I opened the book and walked into the mental hospital, I thought it was a weird place. Who would have thought that "their" world is a reality that we can't imagine! Nurse Yu is a loving, humorous, and hard-working psychiatric nurse. The story unfolds from her perspective. With delicate and unique writing style, it tells the story of 16 real mental patients and the unknown stories and emotions behind their abnormal behaviors. Every character here has his own unique personality and experience. They may be misunderstood by the outside world, or they may be struggling in their own world, but their hearts are also full of desire and love. There are 16 life stages here, such as "the father who is paranoid about his daughter's murder", "the love-brained girl looking for love", "the insignificant Zhou Kua Kua", "the senior suicidal person", "the patient possessed by the monster", and "the flowing venom". Those seemingly absurd stories challenge our traditional understanding of "normal" and "abnormal", allowing us to re-examine patients labeled as "mental illness", face them squarely, and look at them without secular prejudice. Life is diverse, and they are just sick, not monsters. Every story here is true and touching, and many of them know that they are "different", but they still live full of hope. Each of us has moments of vulnerability and confusion, moments of depression, sadness, and even wanting to die. We must learn to let go of our emotions, accept ourselves, and face the difficulties in life bravely.

After reading it, I am no longer afraid. It makes me feel that the world respects my specialness.

The world is wide, but those who are humble are narrow-minded. Don't be afraid, despair has its limits.

Very good. Everyone has a different story. It would be great if the president's story could be told. I still want to hear the president's story.

The writing is very delicate, each story is very representative, but the ending ends abruptly. After reading this, I felt a sense of emptiness. I really hope that every patient can be happy. I am also very grateful to the nurses in the psychiatric department for guiding the lost souls back to their true nature without fear of hardship.

Unexpected spiritual world. Understand the bizarre spiritual world of patients through the perspective of front-line workers in psychiatric hospitals.

It is very realistic that most mentally ill patients are related to their original families, but the ultimate guardians can only be their original families. It would be fine if they just stay in their own family, but if the patient has violent tendencies and only requires the guardians to manage them, it is shirking responsibility and indulging in violence. In particular, the exemption of criminal liability for mentally ill patients is even more neglectful and cruel to the victims.

This book truly records the work notes of psychiatric nurses and gave me a new understanding of mental hospitals. The stories in the book are bizarre and bizarre, and it's like entering a unique spiritual world. I like the plot in the book when patients are admitted to the hospital. It is tense and exciting. It reminds me of the scene in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". This book made me feel the complexity and diversity of human nature, and also made me cherish normal life more. Recommended to friends who like true stories.

2024.10.8.12.00 Every story is the sadness of a patient, and every patient has his own sadness. Mental patients, especially those who are tied up, are afraid of hurting others and afraid of hurting themselves. Every patient is difficult to treat. In fact, it cannot be cured. It can only be stabilized. Most of them have a sedative effect. .

In terms of physical space, we do live in the same world, but what about in terms of spiritual space? Cognitive ability shapes a person's spiritual world to a large extent. When you see conclusions that are consistent with or different from your own, do you only experience emotions or are you engaged in deep thinking? Does consistency mean correctness? Do you laugh, break up, ignore or tolerate and accept at the same time?

It's good to understand the time spent by mental patients, hahaha. After reading it, I found that I am quite normal, [laughing and crying]

From the perspective of a mental hospital worker, the author depicts the stories of patients with the same disease, different states, and different types of diseases, breaking common and one-sided stereotypes for the mentally ill group that has been demonized for too long.

The writing is delicate and interesting, and it often makes people feel sad. It also gave me a glimpse of life in a real mental hospital. (PS I really hope the author can write a story about the "president". It feels so interesting and the president is a fellow villager of mine hahaha)

It's beautiful. The story behind each person is actually very painful. It turns out that some people I thought were normal actually acted that way because they were sick.

Everyone has their own story, and I think they all live in their own world, and every patient should be respected and treated equally. It also allows ordinary people to understand such patients and eliminate everyone's misunderstandings about them.

The way you describe it is very interesting. You can learn more about the world of mental patients. Thumbs up!

The writing is exquisite, the plot is novel and compact, the characters are full and vivid, and the emotions are sincere and full.

Well written and true

It can be seen that this thing is indeed real.

This book helped me understand their world

Thank you, Nurse Xiaoyu, for doing so much for this group and writing such a good book. Very healing! Thank you for your willingness to understand us!

I like this book very much

Very rewarding, five stars

I've finished reading it, it's pretty good

Good. Interesting. Other world

Very good book

I stayed up late to finish reading it, it was good

I like it very much, very beautiful