Gilman, when describing her own experience of following her doctor's advice, recalls, "I went home and obeyed those directions for some three months, and... came so near the
borderline of utter mental ruin..."
A) What specific directions had Gilman followed?
B) Why do you think following the doctor's advice affected her mental state so severely?
C) What parts of your life or "work” (your passion) would send you to “utter mental
ruin" if you were asked to give them up?