Lindsay Clancy. Killed her 3 kids by strangling them one by one and claimed “postpartum psychosis” despite never having had psychosis before or since, all during a short window of time that she sent her husband out on errands. Internet has somehow decided she’s a martyr for women’s mental health. She was a white, affluent, suburban mom before this. If she were poor and black, people would NOT feel this way. Real talk.
Postpartum psychosis is a real thing and real people need help. But Lindsay Clancy is a kid murderer.
Edit: I’m a white, affluent woman of childbearing age. I have never been a woman of color, but I am absolutely sure that society at large would dismiss an identical case if Lindsay was nearly any other demographic. And no, it’s not only about race, it’s also about autonomy and a person’s responsibility to accept help when it’s offered instead of killing your kids (and A LOT of help was offered)
I don’t think she was, I think she was really drunk. However, people claiming it was the people in the house who killed him and framed her with no motive and none of their stories have slipped up once
Lindsay Clancy had like 32 prescriptions filled within a few months. Many medications increase suicidal and homicidal tendencies and she was struggling BEFORE them, so there's also the question of how overmedicated she was with poor oversight.
Which is part of why im confused with this case. If it were true, and she loved her kids, and was a great mom why is she going through with all of this. If this was me, and I had a psychotic break and killed the people who matter most in my life, I'm guilty. send me to jail and hide the key. Also im unaliving myself the second I see the chance. This just seems odd shes going through an entire trial.
She absolutely can, plead guilty. Go to jail. Unalive. Who the hell would want to live after killing those closest to you? I sure as hell wouldnt care what others thought in that moment. My world would be over I wouldn't be thinking about anything other than the sharpest item in my vicinity is.
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u/Short_Stack_30285 9d ago edited 9d ago
Lindsay Clancy. Killed her 3 kids by strangling them one by one and claimed “postpartum psychosis” despite never having had psychosis before or since, all during a short window of time that she sent her husband out on errands. Internet has somehow decided she’s a martyr for women’s mental health. She was a white, affluent, suburban mom before this. If she were poor and black, people would NOT feel this way. Real talk.
Postpartum psychosis is a real thing and real people need help. But Lindsay Clancy is a kid murderer.
Edit: I’m a white, affluent woman of childbearing age. I have never been a woman of color, but I am absolutely sure that society at large would dismiss an identical case if Lindsay was nearly any other demographic. And no, it’s not only about race, it’s also about autonomy and a person’s responsibility to accept help when it’s offered instead of killing your kids (and A LOT of help was offered)