vintage
From Freud to phrenology to old-school outlooks, a look back at vintage psychiatry and mental health treatments as documented throughout history.
Through the Broken Mirror
When Mira’s grandmother died, the house was left to her—a weathered old place on the edge of town, overgrown and half-forgotten. The kind of place people whispered about but never visited. Mira didn’t remember much from her childhood summers there—only vague images: an attic full of books, the scent of lavender, and an old mirror in the hallway that always gave her chills.
By Muhammad Hamza Safi9 months ago in Psyche
The Clockmaker’s Granddaughter
Everyone in the town had forgotten about the clock shop. Tucked between a boarded-up tailor’s and a neon-lit fast food joint, it looked like something out of another century. Its wooden sign was faded, its glass door warped, and the chime above the entrance gave a sleepy, metallic sigh when pushed open.
By Muhammad Hamza Safi9 months ago in Psyche
