Two years and four months in a lunatic asylum

A clergyman recounts his confinement for more than two years in a mental asylum, describing entry, daily routines, chapel services, interactions with attendants and medical staff, property loss and clothing exchanges, social isolation, and the psychological effects of confinement. He reflects on misunderstandings surrounding his condition, skepticism about diagnoses, observations of fellow patients, and the difficulty of narrating asylum life to the outside world. The account alternates personal episodes with moral and religious reflections and includes testimonials and chaptered reports of institutional practices, treatment, and the author's process of recovery and return to ministry.