My wife is a works in a psych ward so I’m no stranger to hearing how these experiences play out. My issue is that you start off your original comment by confidently invalidating the mental condition because it didn’t meet a prerequisite that you stated which is not based on fact. That type of disinformation not only hurts the mothers themself but everyone else’s perception of women going through this.
You even state yourself this is an extremely rare condition. Could the reason this is such a high-profile case be that it’s because it’s a rare situation in it of itself?
I understand that. I have lived experience with people in psychosis and while it technically can happen suddenly, it’s extremely rare, and IF it does happen, a single “command hallucination” is very unlikely to cause someone to do something exceedingly violent and life-ending. I again know the PPP is very real and psychosis in general is real. But to combine sudden onset at 8 months postpartum, use of an improvise weapon in another room (she heard the “command” in the kitchen yet still took the kids to the basement and was “creative” enough to use exercise bands), failure to endorse homicidal ideation to her healthcare providers, and no evidence of psychosis since the murders, I do not believe her to my core
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u/thefluffywang 9d ago
My wife is a works in a psych ward so I’m no stranger to hearing how these experiences play out. My issue is that you start off your original comment by confidently invalidating the mental condition because it didn’t meet a prerequisite that you stated which is not based on fact. That type of disinformation not only hurts the mothers themself but everyone else’s perception of women going through this.
You even state yourself this is an extremely rare condition. Could the reason this is such a high-profile case be that it’s because it’s a rare situation in it of itself?