ispywithmylittleeye
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It caught my attention as to how many years he saw a psychiatrist after his sisyer died. Typically psychiatry is about diagnosing and treatment. Therapist are usually for more talk therapy.Yes, BR did get very animated and excited about the press attention. In a more normal situation I too would find this odd given the circumstances that it surrounded the death of his sister. I do think it underscores that he felt she got all the attention and this is a sign that bothered him. I also recall the drawing he made not that long after the murder, and it was just him and his parents, no JonBenet. He moved on very quickly from her death. And while I don't think he hated her, I do think that he resented her presence. When she came along the attention shifted from him to her. John was not around much and even when he was, he was preoccupied by work. I also think he was emotionally distant. Patsy was very preoccupied with the pageant stuff and everything else she had her hands into. The house was neglected and so was Burke. It feels like he may have felt a sense of relief that she was gone, and that now things could return to "normal", as it was before she came along.
We do know that he saw a psychiatrist after the murder, and that was framed as a step to help him cope with what had happened, which of course makes total sense in general. That said, I've always wondered if he was under psychiatric care for other issues which could no longer be swept under the rug and ignored.
Can we believe what we were told regarding why BR saw a psychiatrist?