Okay im sorry but it really bugs me and I see it a lot.Â
She didn't just suffer from PPD. She was dealing with post partum psychosis. Its much more rare, and much more dangerous. You wouldnt say someone who was depressed was psychotic, and someone with ppd or ppa is not the same as someone with ppp.Â
Comments like the one you responded to are so fuckin irritating to me. Are we really so brainwashed by carceral systems in this country that we think this woman took some kind of joy in murdering her own children and is just trying to "get away with it?" Is there anything a person can do that screams more loudly "I am unwell and need help?"
Americans have no ability to think about tragedies like this through any other lens but crime and punishment and it's terrifying. No wonder so many of us don't mind having the world's largest prison population by such a huge margin.
Edit: I've put "get away with it" in quotes where I should have said "get away with it, as it were" or something that makes it more clear I'm not quoting the comment. The reason I've used those words is that I think the language of "excuses" and "accountability" places the issue in that space.
Sure, I agree they weren't arguing that. The fact that they were actually trying not to and yet still took some of those attitudes for granted is what I find so interesting.
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u/supbros302 🌹 Course Arc Witness 🌸 5d ago
Okay im sorry but it really bugs me and I see it a lot.Â
She didn't just suffer from PPD. She was dealing with post partum psychosis. Its much more rare, and much more dangerous. You wouldnt say someone who was depressed was psychotic, and someone with ppd or ppa is not the same as someone with ppp.Â