The Expressions of Being Trapped In the early days of medical practices in North America there were many problems with the doctor's inability to adequately treat the conditions of individuals with problems mental. One of the many conditions to be considered treated unfairly is an example of mental disorders, depression. Many people initially believed that if you were too imaginative and creative it was a sign of a mental condition they couldn't further understand and feared it could affect your overall health. The most common use of treatment for this condition was a "rest cure", a simple procedure to complete the routine cycles of daily life without additional stress or work while remaining bedridden all day. In the example of TheYellowThe Yellow Wallpaper written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the story of a husband who worries about his wife's mental health and well-being, tries to administer this treatment to her to help her with the mental depression plaguing her life. In the story, the author describes the different methods of becoming trapped mentally, physically and socially due to this procedure. The many methods used to symbolize these examples are as simple as not being able to leave one's living environment, being hidden from the people one once socialized with, and then there is the situation of mentally collapsing from the confined life of never being able to do it. express yourself.The Yellow Wallpaper is a story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman about a wife and husband who go on a "retreat" to a small colonial mansion retreated from the surrounding village. Jane and her husband stop at a mansion showing signs of age, as she approaches the house Jane finds herself questioning the house itself and what it is for. He thinks this house is a... middle of paper ......r. Charlotte's manor uses elements of illness to show the traumatic experience following the use of a "rest cure" is simply appalling. To think that when someone suffered from mental depression and anxiety problems, doctors, even significant ones, administered this “cure” to solve their problems, instead caused more harm than good. Many of the individuals suffering from mental illness who experienced this "cure" went to mental asylums where they were then confined unable to cope with functioning in the real world as the side effects ranged from physical, mental and social anxiety leading to a mental. feeling of being trapped. Charlotte could use past experiences with this particular topic to increase the detail of these key points hoping that this will create more awareness about the issues surrounding this obscured medical procedure.