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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to say that whilst I almost never wish ill on others, there are some posters commenting in this thread who are so absent compassion that I almost wish they would wake up in a few years to a teenager with a diagnosis of schizophrenia so they could spend the next several decades learning what psychotic disorder can do to the brain of a person they love. Or would they still love them? [/quote]
How kind. I have mental illness in my family, possibly even my child, and I try my best to get them the help they need. My mentally ill family members are men though, so no one seems to give a crap. It’s a lifelong struggle for them. [/quote]
^that being said, I don’t think we can excuse and blame mental illness on Lindsay Clancy waiting until her husband left to commit murder. My mentally ill family members have no inhibitions and that’s what’s so difficult, they do embarrassing and wildly inappropriate things in front of anyone, anywhere. They don’t wait until they are alone.[/quote]

There are a range of mental illnesses and a range of typical behaviors in mental illness. Lack of inhibition is one of them. One could argue that succumbing to psychotic symptoms and killing your kids exhibits a lack of inhibition. Hmm?

Andrea Yates was psychotic when she drowned her five children, waiting until her husband left for work to accomplish the task. The state acknowledges that she was seriously mentally ill and not criminally culpable. I don’t know how to explain it further to help you understand that psychotic disorder does not render a person incapable of evaluating circumstances and overcoming obstacles, the issue is that the brain is LYING to the person and the person has a good faith belief that their actions are appropriate having accepted the lie as the truth.

Please, read some reputable sources on psychosis and try to get beyond your limitations. [/quote]

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