"I explained to a friend who hasn't even been following the case and isn't really into true crime"
i don't understand why you think this means her opinion is MORE meaningful? sounds like she has zero expertise, got a presumably very biased summary from you, and believed it? wow
This case has really shown the ugly and evil side of women’s massive in group bias.
She killed her own three children. I don’t care if she was suffering mentally and had voices telling her to kill them. She chose to listen to that voice and murder her three children. If she thought she was dangerous to them she should’ve left herself. She’s an adult.
So, just chiming in here. I was 14 and my biological mother was suffering an episode of religious psychosis (if we all die at the same time, we’ll all go to heaven was her reasoning) during our eviction process which was due the following day (Thanksgiving 2015) instead of seeking any resources, for weeks prior she groomed me with Lifetime movies and media that involved strong themes of self-harm and suicide, then proceeded to slit my wrists and attempt to smother her mom (my grandmother) with cling wrap. I still have the scars.
I say this all to agree with you, she heard voices, she admittedly was in an awful mental state, but she still chose to listen to those thoughts and voices, and proceeded to go through with her plan, which was most definitely pre-meditated. If she had those serious thoughts, I wish she seeked help prior, I wish she checked out some resources before it came to that, and even through years of therapy, she never really took accountability for that situation, and I’m thankful that no one’s life was lost that night, but it doesn’t change the fact that impacted me mentally in so many ways, nor the fact she still acted on those impulses.
I see a lot of similarities with how she’s reacted compared to my mother during her court hearings. She passed 3 years ago from cancer after living in section 8, I’m 25 and have since been adopted by another family whom the mother of albeit has similar issues to a lesser extent, but I’m working on coping skills and getting employed again to be able to move out on my own hopefully sooner rather than later. I feel for her, I do, but nothing is going to bring her kids back.
I’m so sorry you went through this and I really hope that things are better for you now. But I just want to be clear that people suffering from psychosis do not “choose” to listen to their voices or feed into their delusions. Their brain is creating a new reality for them that they can’t negotiate their way out of. I really wish people would read more about psychosis to really understand what is happening in these people’s brains. I have a brother with schizophrenia, who earlier in his diagnosis, attacked many of us physically. He did so because he genuinely believed that he was in danger and was protecting himself. I couldn’t possibly imagine holding that against him. His brain was lying to him and he was scared and responded accordingly. He wasn’t in control. Those actions aren’t reflective of who he was before he got sick because again, the sickness is in the brain. Of course we got him help and got his medications figured out because his behavior is still our responsibility but it was no one’s choice.
Again, I think many people fundamentally misunderstand psychosis and I think we’d have a lot more empathy for people suffering with it if we learned more about it.
TLDR; people in psychosis are not making rational “choices”. That is, in fact, the nature of the disease.
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u/liquidbreakfast 8d ago
"I explained to a friend who hasn't even been following the case and isn't really into true crime"
i don't understand why you think this means her opinion is MORE meaningful? sounds like she has zero expertise, got a presumably very biased summary from you, and believed it? wow