Leave it up to the 19th century to mess up the concept of rest.

Brokeback therapy.

Especially with (1) Lots of wine and (2) encouragement to make up outrageous answers

Wow, and here I was picturing a chaise longue and a book right out of a Jane Austen scene.

Is it bad that staying in bed for six to eight weeks sounds appealing? Can I ring for a breakfast tray like they do in Downton Abbey?

Dude, right after I got my last iPhone, or upgraded its OS or something, apparently that was right after they started doing push-alerts? And I got a “HEAVY RAINS!!!! FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE!!1!!!” alert — with my very loud startling txt tone — AT FOUR IN THE GODDAMN MORNING.

God that was my teens, minus the whole lovely angel thing. I spent my days sleeping at a nearby park and creek, accompanied with books and pot. Wild strawberries and honeysuckle everywhere.

The rest cure was actually pretty horrifying. Weeks-to-months in bed with NOTHING to do. No reading material, no visitors, nothing “stimulating,” no getting up to use the commode or bathe. NOTHING. Just the bed (usually in a hospital, so the room was sterile, too) and bland soups delivered by a nurse. Women who were…

I have it with number-mapping, and temperatures/smells.

Sweet! Next time someone asks why I’ve been unemployed for a while I’ll just tell them I was suffering from “neurasthenia” and needed time off to recover. It’ll sound scary.

I have it with a few colors where I can taste them.

Sounds kinda close to *SYNESTHESIA* - which is like, WAAAAAAAAAAAY cooler. :)

I would take 6 weeks at a hot spring. Please. It might rid me of my cold while at it.

http://the-toast.net/2015/10/16/wom…

So... Sure. Hysteria was bullshit. But is it wrong I’m amused that the treatment was getting women to orgasm?

I always look like someone who ate toast in bed and just brushed out the crumbs before her boyfriend came back.

Ugh do not even get me started on Hysteria. I am a fucking ART historian and already I have TOO MANY opinions how how fucking BULLSHIT that shit was.

“Brought to you by the same people who brought you Hysteria. Sign up now for a special two for one offer. Ladies, you can stay in bed for six to eight weeks. Wink wink”

Yes, that’s certainly what I look like when I take to my bed. Especially all the flora.

I guess this will appeal to the kind of people who think Loaded Questions is a fun party game as opposed to a social anxiety nightmare.