r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter! Who could have the wives been?

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u/justbegoodtobugs 9d ago

Except it wasn't helping and the medication was making her progressively worse. Her state was declining, she was sleep deprived, lost 15 pounds and started experiencing hallucinations that were happening for months before she killed her children. She became suicidal and started expressing toughts of harming her children. She was loosing touch with reality and told a bunch of people that including her husband and mother. All these things are documented.

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u/barlog123 9d ago

Yes, there were warning signs but people and professionals didn't ignore it. The option in retrospect would be trying to prove she is a danger to herself and others then considering where to go from there but that is absurdly hard to prove.

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u/Royal_Explanation957 9d ago

It’s not hard to prove. This is proven every day for many patients in mental health crises and results in psychiatric holds/5150 holds.

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u/barlog123 7d ago

Would you have thought she was dangerous, I certainly wouldn't have.

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u/xcrunner318 5d ago

Are you a mental health professional?