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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not have sympathy for her.  She must have been acting normal or her husband wouldn’t have gone out for take out and left her alone with the kids.  She had enough self control to act fine and wait until he left to then strangle her three children one by one, and at least one of them put up a big fight.  This does not sound like an out of control psychotic break to me.  It seems like premeditated murder after lying in wait.  I also do not know how her husband is singing the praises of the person who strangled his children less than a week ago.  On a go fund me to raise money for himself no less.  There is more to this story.[/quote]

Yes, there is.

You do not understand mental illness, apparently. You REALLY do not understand psychosis. You think a psychotic break happens all at once, in a splashy way that everyone can recognize for what it is? Sometimes, sure. I've worked with suicidal people for years, and they do not always look SAD, PP. They don't always look depressed. Sometimes when someone has made a decision to end their life, they look happy, calm, normal. They might look like a person who is totally capable of sitting on the couch watching TV while you step out to pick up takeout for half an hour. They don't always/often look like whatever kind of raving lunatic you think they're supposed to look like.[/quote]

Suicide is VERY different from waiting for your husband to leave so you can strangle your three children to death in succession in 30 minutes.  [/quote]

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