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I've been following since beginning and have just decided to contribute my own thoughts. I live in Scotland and many moons ago I had a long term boyfriend who looks exactly like BG. When the image was first released my heart missed a beat, it is so uncannily like my ex. Even though we see no...

Hi folks. I have been following since the story broke. Time I joined in. TGY, I agree with you about suitcase guy. Why this particular place that is so visible? I tend to think "what would I do". If I was smart and did not want to get caught, I would have weighed the case down and dumped it in...

I don't believe that anyone tried to incriminate SAP. The Pistorius family had enough to contend with, to even consider such a thing. The way I see it everyone who was upstairs on that day is under suspicion .

IIRC a photograph was taken with all watches in place in a box. A later photograph showed that there were watches missing from box.

BBM I totally disagree with you here Viper. Especially the piece bolded by me. Mental health patients slip through the net regularly. I know this through personal experience. As a teenager and even younger I experienced intrusive thoughts constantly. Terrible, horrific thoughts, so terrible...

Yes I do agree with you for the most part, but many people with mental health issues do slip throw the net until something significant happens to bring it to light. It is true that many people with the disorder struggle to function with everyday life, but there will be others who's disorder will...

I knew it was bad lithgow1, but not that bad surely!!!!!!!!

If it is confirmed that OP does have GAD, there is evidence that it DOES impact his life severely. He killed someone because of it. You can't get more severe than that. If he does have some sort of mental disorder, then it has ruined a lot of lives including his own. Mental health problems can...

Like most things in life there are degrees of danger. I would prefer a psychiatric ward to a prison cell any day.

How come when I said all this yesterday I only got 2 thanks, and today you got 10? :furious:

I have not disappeared down the rabbit hole. I agree that the GAD only applies if his version is true.

Sorry but no one knows what really happened that night. No one except the OP.

Yes I do find it strange, but why should I be suspicious? I have had little faith in Roux right from the start. Why would Roux leave it so late to have OP seen by a psychiatrist? Genuine question, why has this happened? I am a bit slow on the up take.

I have said before that OP was not necessarily suffering from paranoia. A deep rooted fear of being burgled and killed in your own home would be regarded as paranoia where I live, in the UK. OP's fear was justified because he is in SA, and even more justified because of his disability. Only of...

Can you see the point of this evaluation? I honestly can not see how it is applicable in this case. If they are expecting to see signs of this GAD in a hospital situation it is not going to happen. If the assessors don't see it, which they won't, it does not mean that it was not present on the...

The fight or flight is not nonsense. It is the description of how living creatures react when confronted with danger. None of us knows for sure what took place that night. So everything has to be taken into consideration.

In OP's case I can't see why they will be looking for malingering. According to Dr. Vorster OP's GAD is conditional which would mean that he would need to be seen under the same circumstances as the night in question. Obviously that can not be reconstructed. The stay in hospital will serve no...

I am puzzled what is going to be looked for in this assessment. If OP's disorder manifests itself only under particular circumstances, they will not see this manifestation during a stay in hospital, as he will feel safe there. Also he is on medication which he was not taking on the night in...

No, it would be conditional, so it could make a difference. A person with no anxiety disorder would be expected to act differently under the same circumstances as the person with the disorder. If OP's disorder was particular to his fear of being burgled and killed, and this fear was due to his...

Yes, ultimately, I think it does change the fact that he failed to identify his target. Only of course, if he really believed his target was an intruder and not Reeva.