![]() ![]() Through this short story Perkins intents to explore the way female psychosynthesis is being affected by the constrictions which the patriarchal society sets on women. This novella is besides other things, a critique on Mitchell's 'rest cure' which was actually abolished by Mitchell himself after reading a copy of the novella which was sent to him by Perkins. This came to an end only when she gave up the 'cure'. ![]() ![]() This did not help Perkins at all, actually she got even worse and was driven completely mad. As a result his prescription was the 'rest cure', which prohibited any kind of exercise, either mental or physical. He believed that the cause of her depression was excess of mental activity. Weir Mitchell who was said to be the most experienced doctor on mental disorders in the U.S. Anything associated with her baby or husband would make her feel even worse, thus she visited Dr. Shortly after the birth of her daughter Perkins went through a very serious form of depression. ![]()
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