Under the care of her husband and doctor, all creative and other efforts are completely removed from the narrator using a classic medical practice known as " rest cure” and it is misdiagnosed. with a disorder of “nervousness (Gilman)” and forced to suppress any desire to engage in it. Unfortunately, for the narrator, self-expression is a necessity and a way of life and abhorrence towards this ridiculous medical practice is the narrator's only refuge. It is this deprivation and the absence of any external stimulus that "ultimately pushes the narrator to dwell on the patterns of her wallpaper, which she initially hates (O' Farrell)" and fuels the obsession. The declining state of her personal relationships only fans the flames of the narrator's declining mental health. John (her husband) and Jennie (her sister-in-law) act as both caregivers and, in the narrator's eyes, guardians who are committed to carefully observing and controlling every aspect of her daily life to ensure that she “recovers” complete. John in particular refuses to recognize the narrator's ability to care for herself and even unwittingly goes so far as to demean her to the role of a child by casually brushing aside her protests. Despite this, John and Jennie have good intentions and unfortunately, as Gilman describes, "her husband is more victim than victimizer (Hume)". In short, the narrator also recognizes herself as the "woman" trapped in the wallpaper and admits that this same "woman" was "created and sustained not only by John, but also by women like Jane and herself (Hume )” who readily authorize and congratulate their mistreatment. . It is not until the end of “The Yellow Wallpaper” that the narrator actively begins to take steps to break free from her confined lifestyle. Often