I wish that I could tell you when it all started, but either that information has been kept from me or no one seems to know anymore.  My guess would be a little of both.  What I do know is that around the time of the U.S. Civil War, there was an unusual increase in suicides and patients that suffered from a unique form of depression.  At first the psychiatrists of the day blamed this phenomena on the unfortunate circumstances that the country was facing.  But when there was also a sudden increase in suicides among the psychiatrists themselves, they dug deeper and discovered the horrible truth.  There was a distinct source of their illness and if they didn't act fast, they feared they would have an epidemic on their hands.

In those times, there were no specific protocols to handle such a dilemma.  The doctors consulted the government offices who in turn consulted more doctors.  Through much confusion and frustrating debates, they all soon agreed that the quickest way to stop the spread of this mental disease was to cut it off from the public and erase all existing evidence.  Yes, a conspiracy, but with only the best intentions at heart.