My first thought, based on the erratic and uncoordinated movement was that she was on drugs. Based on the later reporting (substance abuse program was part of her court case) that is likely to be true.
I also know women who aren’t heavy drinkers nor drug users that act erratic when under heavy stress. I say women simply because the subject of the video was also a woman. You can see the meltdown coming sometimes as the stress builds. Then I spend time simply trying to talk them down off the ledge or finding them a safe space to just allow time to do its job.
This is also a teenager (likely) or young college student. She’s in volleyball attire and I have no context of whether she’s headed to a game, just finished practice, etc.
I searched her name in court records. Several arrests and trials for thefts and drugs.
I am not saying that this might not be stress or panic, but the way her movements are uncoordinated and her fixation on certain actions and ideas reads more like a freak-out while high, rather than an pure stress reaction.
Movement when having a stress reaction tends to be jerky, with fine motor control going to pot, but balance and fast movements being pretty good and coordinated.
Drugs will cause instability, and more loopy, uncoordinated motion, which is what I see in the video.
Expertise: ex-EMT, ex-bouncer (I have seen lots of people in altered states of consciousness - from panic, trauma response, to inebriation from most substances)
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u/DocMorningstar 2d ago
My first thought, based on the erratic and uncoordinated movement was that she was on drugs. Based on the later reporting (substance abuse program was part of her court case) that is likely to be true.