Hi. My first post. Been here watching for 2 weeks or so. Lots of insight here @ WS - I respect that. Lots of curiosity - I can relate.
After reading all the interviews from the document files, I find myself fascinated with the psychological aspects of Casey's personality, her life experiences and the dysfunctional family dynamic. So, I was actually wondering if there were any psychologists (and/or legal eagles/counselors) on line whove read the docs and thought about them a bit and would be willing to share their wisdom. Assuming these docs confirm old insights or offer new insight or as to Casey's state of mind/mental health, I would really like to try to understand it better. Ive read the thread(s) on sociopath & personality disorders, but it looks like Casey can fit in may of these categories
And I wonder
is she sick, or, as some say, is she just a sociopath. I was just wondering if anyone with more experience might feel Casey could, with good reason, move into diminished capacity territory. Or is she somehow, through what youve read, automatically a purposeful sociopath? And who decides these things court psychologists, I suppose?
Reading Caseys interviews & interviews with her friends rivetted me & brought me right back to the time I witnessed my college roommates slow and eccentric descent into mental illness. It was especially frightening to read these interviews because I recognized so many parallels to what we saw my college roommate go through. As I read, (30 years of life later), it certainly seems to me that Casey has experienced a psychotic break or mental crisis of some kind, and with, her tendency to lie and deny moving into the realm of the lies fantastic and denials delusional and its ongoing. It does seem her mom, Cindy might be medicated, (nurse knows doctors) - such low emotion there. It made me wonder if Cindys been diagnosed, and if Casey should be. But those are just a few of my amateur observations; Im no way qualified really to have even a humble opinion. I just have an intuition based on years ago
If we wake up tomorrow and DNA evidence arrives, and there is a murder charge brought forward, (of course Id rather wake up tomorrow and find out LP pulls a smiling Caylee out of his 10 gallon hat) - I wanted to learn a bit about psych defenses
and about how that all works.
Anyway, I wonder if it would be possible to seriously discuss the psychological issues surrounding this case & its characters & the Anthony family with WS-ers with a little experience in the psychology/legal areas
Or, perhaps thats not an appropriate topic?
This case makes me so sad, and I almost wish Id not found the WS site! Nevertheless, Im happy to be a new member of Websleuths. As one who is consoled by understanding, by science, and by logic, the way this is going, I am going to need a lot of consoling. While justice served is normally quite satisfying, (and hopefully well get there with this case in time), I have a feeling that satisfaction will feel a bit hollow with a decimated family lying in its wake. It would be so much easier if LP could just wave his magic hat and out pop smiling Caylee!
Sorry, that was longish for a newbie, huh?!