Originally Posted by Krazyjane
Remember, this wasn't your average postpartum depression, it was POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS. She had a long history of illness, sometimes to the point of catatonia and clenching her teeth so hard that she wouldn't eat. Her "support network" consisted of a batshit insane minister who convinced her that her kids would go to hell under incorrect guidance and once went preaching in Morocco (punishable by death in the country) and a husband who took pride in the fact that he did no household chores and made her a baby machine. Aww baby feeling depressed again? Let's have another baby so you can occupy yourself. The yellow rat bastard is notw married to a sweet obedient woman-child who will pump out more of his babies and be a good Catholic wife.
Sometimes, after I wake up, I'm totally disoriented and think that I'm in hell or that the laws of physics have been reversed or that I'm Lucky from the Lucky Charms box. I can snap out of that after a couple minutes as I wake up. I pity those who can't snap out of it. Andrea believed that her kids were going to hell, her scalp was bloody because she was trying to get the 666 off her head, and that she was saving her children from damnation, just like in WWII Japan, parents would throw their kids off cliffs and jump to prevent their kids from being captured by enemy troops.
Any Tom Cruise followers here who don't believe in mental illness?
I do believe that she should be institutionalized for the rest of her life, both to protect people from her and to protect her from nutcases. She'll get much more help and support in an institution than in jail.
Oh yeah, if you're having a good old time blasting Andrea, then please don't come crying to me about PPD or PPP after having a kid, not that I'd wish it even on Katie Holmes.