I have encountered two schizophrenic individuals without identities in my career as a psych nurse. No real names no real history. Spent hours trying to break through the barriers. Sat at the web sites with them when stable on meds. Nothing. That is what I thought Kimberlys situation was. Very sad families out there I'm sure, never to know.
I have always wondered if mental illness played more of a role in this than anything else. Having a best friend work as a psych nurse & someone dear to me SEVERELY Bi Polar, COULD it be possible KM/LEK was very mentally ill from a young age?
Seeing a loved one go untreated who is Bi Polar,:sigh: It's something I wouldn't wish on anyone.
When I REALLY look back & read what we know now..perhaps her moods were so unstable, she truly COULDN'T handle the divorce & "new rules "
The hasty decisions she seemed to make. Many, many decisions, ( Ever witnessed a person when he/she is in a manic episode? My family member, traveled half the country in a beat up old van because this person felt INVINCIBLE, stopping at various casinos along the way. Was only supposed to drive from S. Carolina, to Michigan ) like the stripping? Then becoming Southern Baptisit. ( Not at all saying it is uncommon for folks to turn their lives around ) Hearing how she was very sweet & hearing how she could be extremely paranoid.
I could reference much more, I won't. I know you all are pretty darn smart people:loveyou:
This has just been in the back of, sometimes the front of my mind since the case broke. Perhaps all of this was due to severely untreated mental illness? Her leaving and staying gone I mean. Perhaps it wasn't.
I'd be curious to know from a family member who knew her in her younger years, if she struggled with mental health troubles. Then again we ARE talking mental illness in the 80's..which hardly anyone ever TALKED about, much less knew what the " signs " of certain illnesses were.:thinking: Did Bi Polar or depression even have their names yet?
All just my thoughts & opinions. Some of them anyway