re: Postpartum depression is very real!

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If a man did this no men would be supporting him

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Let's be real. Many of us have been out buying whatever, or stuck on a plane, and thought about strangling some kid.
But there's a big difference for us men.
IMPULSE CONTROL
And knowing the consequences!

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Kind of like how the fear of heights is usually not about the height itself but that people are scared they can’t trust themselves to not jump off.

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I used to climb trees, jump off low roofs, all kinds of stuff as a kid. Then all of a sudden, I became scared of heights. Like, to the point of dizzy, room spinning, hold on for dear life afraid of heights. Really weird how that works.
But.
As afraid as I am of heights... It's the sudden stop at the end of falling that concerns me more.

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You can have empathy for her mental health and still understand that she committed a crime at the same time.

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I agree but I don't think the right leaning, "women are lesser and should be subservient", woman are also crazy majority in this thread and on this board are really offering empathy.

She killed her kids and should be punished accordingly, but she was more than just suffering from postpartum depression. It was post partum psychosis and she was on prescribed medication that made it worse. Not to mention she was aware and warned others that she was a danger.

Again, she should be in jail for life, but its a bit more complicated than oh, she had normal post partum depression.

That book The Brain was an interesting view on some aspects. For example, the UT sniper that we later realized had a brain tumor pushing against an important part of brain.

Or diseased brains that can turn a reasonable person with history of stability into an angry old dude with impulsive aggression.

We are all day to day. I hope I die before my brain gets old…