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The Descent and the Martha Mitchell Result \*\* Consists of Spoilers \*\*. "The Descent opens with a bloody bang and never lets up," proclaims the blurb on the DVD cover. That bloody bang, probably, would be when lead character Sarah loses both her husband and young daughter in a gruesome automobile mishap simply moments into the film. The motion picture then leaps cuts to one year later; Sarah and a gaggle of female friends are in forested Appalachia for a team spelunking expedition. These pals are well aware of the gruesome injury Sarah's suffered, and hope the experience will be therapeutic. Pittsburgh horror She's still rattled, though-- she wakes from problems of the crash gasping, leaps at the smallest sound, is never ever at simplicity and constantly a bit suspicious. As the team finds themselves in a network of caverns and caves two miles below the Earth's surface, Sarah can't help but notice things the others do not, like the sound of stifled voices or quick glimpses of shadows dashing past. Her girlfriends are more concerned with enjoying themselves, and concern her misgivings as just techniques of the mind. She's been with a lot, they believe to themselves; we'll forgive her if she's gone a little crazy. Rattled. Distressed. But barely crazed-- those weren't odd plays of light or easy ambient sounds keeping Sarah on edge. The girls were being hunted. In psychiatric circles, it is not unknown for a patient to inform improbable tales that would appear to merit a diagnosis of being delusional. But occasionally-- on more occasions than numerous psychological wellness experts would like to confess-- those obvious misconceptions astoundingly prove to be true, and the diagnosis dead wrong. Some hypochondriacs really do have persistent diseases, and there are those among the paranoid who are really being watched. This kind of sensation is known as the Martha Mitchell Impact. Students of Americana need to be familiar with Martha Beal Mitchell. As the spouse of the Lawyer General of the United States throughout the Nixon years, Martha initially made a name for herself as an outspoken (and often times drunk) critic of the liberal left. Richard M. Nixon himself seemed to value that this so-called "Mouth of the South" had the ability to galvanize his conservative base. Relations between the 2 took an icy turn, however, when Nixon slighted Martha personally-- and she retaliated by phoning the press with tales of scandal within the administration. It wasn't hard for her political foes to repaint inadequate Martha as delusional; she did have problems with drink, after all, and wasn't her polemic on the talk program circuit a bit like that of a loose cannon? Reports vary about the lengths the administration visited in order to discredit her-- the tale mentioned usually is that she was heavily sedated by force and shipped off to the sanitarium. There had not been time enough to sign her in, nonetheless, before the Watergate scandal broke. Martha Mitchell was certainly vociferous, and rather most likely an alcoholic. However as the unraveling of the Nixon presidency would show, she was not, in fact, delusional. If in day-to-day life you encounter a guy sporting a tinfoil hat to obstruct those attempting to manage his mind, it's most likely a winner that the individual you're handling experiences delusions. However as the proverb goes, be careful not to leap to conclusions. Far from seething, Martha Mitchell's accusations of government corruption ended up being precisely the mark. So, need to you ever find yourself spelunking below the mountains of Appalachia, don't be too quick to dismiss your relatively paranoid cohort-- if The Descent is any indicator, there really could be beasts afoot.