From Mad in Puerto Rico:
Laura: How would you describe your psychiatric hospitalizations?
Francisco: Well, it’s supposed to be a process of improvement, and in some ways, I can now see it as a process of growth within the same trauma. You arrive with some issues and leave with others. That’s the deal, looking for help, but at times you can feel like a prisoner, a criminal, a person who is a problem, a person who is a burden . Sometimes, they can childishly treat you or treat you as if you were part of the herd, so to speak. Like one of the sheep that has to be herded or something like that.
