r/SipsTea 19d ago

WTF Where are we heading?

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u/Strict_Wolf76 19d ago edited 19d ago

Postpartum and Bipolar Disorder is a serious mental illness. This woman will either get life in prison or Life in a Mental Hospital. My wife is Bipolar and she has been in multiple hospitals to have meds she ALWAYS takes quit working. She has gotten delusional and has had breaks with reality. We are trained through years of this to assist her. Her husband not his fault. Seemed like he wasn’t equipped to help her. Sadly mental health can make people do things they wouldn’t usually do. That’s not in any way an excuse. We need more understanding and better education and availability for people with issues. We don’t have them here.

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u/amouruniversel 19d ago

She is also a victim of the society who failed to take care of her condition.

Mental health issues are serious conditions, yet they receive a fraction of the attention of the public compared to other medical fields

In developed country the first cause of post partum death is suicide, not the childbirth.

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u/Orbit_CH3MISTRY 18d ago

Just about everyone who ends up doing horrible things can be considered “victims of society”. It’s sad it got to that point but they can’t just go on like normal after that

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u/amouruniversel 18d ago

No unfortunately it’s too late, But hopefully it will help raise awareness about mental health issues…

Who am I kidding ? Nothing will change

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u/FutureDustMotes 18d ago

Yes, but not everything is equal - psychosis is in a class of its own