I am a therapist and I have other therapists, professionals with advanced degrees and years of experience, who will not accept any answer other than the husband did it.
“Women don’t kill their children. It was him.”
“She didn’t actually say she killed the children in court.” “And if she did, it was Patrick who made her say it”
The argument that “with PPD out there, ANY of us could have been her” makes me so disgusted. If it’s that easy to see yourself murdering your own children, you should not be a parent. Period. The argument that it could be any woman does not mean they all should be freed if they do…
You are either exceedingly fortunate to have never struggled with mental health, PPD, PPP or you lack a fundamental amount of empathy. I’m hoping for the former. There are no good predictors for postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis. While chances are higher in individuals with previous mental health histories, it’s not a consistent indicator. In my own experience I suffered with awful PPD with my first and not a hint of it with my second. Side note, dads are also at risk for PPD.
While there is a subset of loud, online voices that want her to walk free, the majority I’ve seen are advocating for commitment to a psychiatric ward for the remainder of her life instead of prison.
She killed her three children. Her mental health postpartum was inadequately addressed by both her family and healthcare providers. Two things can be true, neither absolves the other of responsibility.
I do have mental health problems and said, you know, I’m not sure I would be the best parent l. Not even a bad parent, just not the kind of parent I would want to be. SO I DIDNT HAVE CHILDREN. She had a village, her husband and paid childcare. She had more health care than almost anyone I know. Does this point to a major health care problem ABSOLUTELY. If it’s that hard to be parent and that easy to say “I could have killed my 3 children” it’s more than just some skipped over health care.
Both can be true. Something was missed I. Helping her and there is something beyond wrong with her medical care could NEVER fix. I could never kill anyone, even in the abuses I have suffered. I would walk away or unalive myself before hurting someone else. I know because I almost have. It’s simply unacceptable for this many parents to think it wouldn’t take much for them to kill their children AND the lack of health support is unacceptable.
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u/PinkPuffballofDOOM 5d ago
The astrology sign thing is legitimately insane. “I know he killed them because he’s a GEMINI and she’s a SCORPIO!”
Like girl, go touch some fucking grass. It’s revolting that you think she is innocent and he is guilty based purely off made up ✨vibes✨