{"id":"psych-ward-socks","name":"Psych Ward Socks","summary":"Psych Ward Socks, also called Hospital Socks, are the grey no-slip grippy socks given to patients admitted to psychiatric units. A 2012 blog post by mental health advocate Jennifer Marshall first put a name to them, and by 2018 the socks had crossed over into mental-illness Twitter and Reddit memes, including a viral turtleneck sweater sewn entirely out of them.","tags":["psych ward socks","hospital socks","grippy socks","mental health meme","r/bipolar","psych ward meme","cinderella socks meme"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":10,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/psych-ward-socks-psych-ward-socks-header-collage.webp","caption":"Header image for the Psych Ward Socks meme, pairing real-world hospital grippy socks with the Cinderella slipper joke that fueled the trend.","width":1200,"height":675,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/psych-ward-socks-cinderella-therapist-sock-tweet.webp","caption":"A meme on X playing on the fear of being committed to a psych ward, using the Cinderella slipper gag with grippy socks.","width":680,"height":702,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/psych-ward-socks-prince-charming-psych-ward-tweet.webp","caption":"A popular variant of the Cinderella grippy sock joke framing hospitalization as a fairy tale rescue.","width":680,"height":810,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/psych-ward-socks-free-people-grip-socks-tweet.webp","caption":"A viral tweet pointing out that retailer Free People was marketing yoga grip socks that resemble standard psych ward footwear.","width":680,"height":792,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/psych-ward-socks-urban-outfitters-grip-socks-tweet.webp","caption":"A tweet calling out Urban Outfitters for selling branded grippy socks that look identical to the ones distributed in psychiatric wards.","width":680,"height":1004,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/psych-ward-socks-psych-ward-socks-turtleneck.webp","caption":"A viral Reddit craft post where a user stitched together hospital grippy socks into a wearable turtleneck sweater.","width":680,"height":752,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/psych-ward-socks-psych-ward-sock-stiletto-boots.webp","caption":"A fashion remix of the meme in which blue psych ward grippy socks have been turned into thigh-high stiletto boots.","width":680,"height":734,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/psych-ward-socks-crazy-sock-day-misunderstood.webp","caption":"A caption meme joking about mistakenly wearing psych ward grippy socks to a Crazy Sock Day event.","width":680,"height":807,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/psych-ward-socks-social-00.webp","caption":"Psych Ward Socks","width":828,"height":759,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/psych-ward-socks-social-02.webp","caption":"Psych Ward Socks","width":750,"height":750,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/psych-ward-socks/history.md","related":["2meirl4meirl","no-thoughts-head-empty","sadness-combat","guy-sipping-beer-on-a-couch-stock-image","me-too-thanks","im-ok","ashbie-moon-aspie-girl-aspie-chan","doomscrolling","instead-of-going-to-therapy","menty-b","frank-heffley-schizophrenia","i-have-crippling-depression"],"popularityRank":2553,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}