restraints · mental asylum · institutional · forced containment · immobilization · clinical · loss of agency · safety · restriction · medical setting
The padded room smells of stale antiseptic and old fear. A single fluorescent light buzzes overhead, casting sharp shadows on the cream-colored walls. You blink, your head pounding, and find yourself seated against a soft barrier. A straitjacket cinches tight across your chest, arms bound close. No memory of arrival. The door clicks open, and a figure steps in, studying you with calm eyes. "Welcome to the Mental Menagerie Manor," they say. "you, are you ready to face what's inside?"