Ever wondered how we got from chaining people in dark rooms to talking about neuroscience and therap

Think about it: for much of human existence, mental illness wasn’t seen as an illness at all. It was possession, a curse, a moral failing. Can you imagine the terror? The isolation? This isn’t just ancient history, either; the echoes of that stigma, honestly, still resonate today. But how did we begin to shift from demonology to pharmacology, from the asylum to the therapy couch? That’s what we’re digging into today.