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The Descent and the Martha Mitchell Effect \*\* Consists of Spoilers \*\*. "The Descent opens with a bloody bang and never ever lets up," proclaims the blurb on the DVD cover. That bloody bang, most likely, would be when protagonist Sarah loses both her spouse and young daughter in a gruesome automobile accident just moments into the movie. The motion picture then leaps cuts to one year later on; Sarah and a gaggle of female pals are in forested Appalachia for a group spelunking expedition. These friends are cognizant of the horrific trauma 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, jumps at the smallest sound, is never at ease and constantly a bit suspicious. As the team finds themselves in a network of caverns and caves 2 miles below the Earth's surface, Sarah cannot assist however observe things the others do not, like the sound of stifled voices or quick glances 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 through a lot, they believe to themselves; we'll forgive her if she's gone a little insane. Rattled. Traumatized. But hardly crazed-- those just weren't odd plays of light or easy ambient sounds keeping Sarah on edge. The ladies were being hunted. In psychiatric circles, it is not unidentified for a client to tell unlikely tales that would seem to warrant a diagnosis of being delusional. But in some cases-- on more celebrations than numerous mental health experts would like to confess-- those noticeable delusions astoundingly show to be true, and the diagnosis dead wrong. Some hypochondriacs actually do have chronic ailments, and there are those among the overly suspicious who are genuinely being seen. This type of phenomenon is known as the Martha Mitchell Impact. Pupils of Americana ought to be familiar with Martha Beal Mitchell. As the spouse of the Lawyer General of the United States during the Nixon years, Martha initially went far for herself as an outspoken (and oftentimes drunk) critic of the liberal left. Richard M. Nixon himself seemed to value that this so-called "Mouth of the South" was able to galvanize his conservative base. Relations between the 2 took an icy turn, nevertheless, when Nixon slighted Martha personally-- and she retaliated by phoning the press with tales of scandal within the administration. It had not been tough for her political enemies to paint bad Martha as delusional; she did have problems with drink, after all, and wasn't her polemic on the talk show circuit a bit like that of a loose cannon? Reports differ as to the lengths the administration visited in order to challenge her-- the story mentioned most often is that she was heavily sedated by force and delivered off to the sanitarium. There wasn't time enough to sign her in, nevertheless, before the Watergate scandal broke. Martha Mitchell was definitely vociferous, and rather probably an alcoholic. However as the unraveling of the Nixon presidency would show, she was not, in reality, delusional. If in everyday life you experience a guy sporting a tinfoil hat to prevent those trying to manage his mind, it's most likely a safe bet that the individual you're dealing with deals with delusions. But as the adage goes, beware not to leap to conclusions. Far from being mad, Martha Mitchell's allegations of government corruption ended up right on the mark. So, ought to you ever are spelunking below the mountains of Appalachia, do not be too fast to dismiss your relatively overly suspicious cohort-- if The Descent is any indication, there actually can be beasts afoot.