You're not alone and when it comes to things like this , it's not that you are gullible .. just big hearted. many don't feel an ounce sorry for her and that is fine .. I do - even with her rap sheet.
She is no different to KC except that she got caught ... if KC had been caught her rap sheet would have been similar, but ER is not facing the DP for killing her child.
She was concerned about her child and wanting to hug him ... may well have been an act, I didn't think so. I would love to see one clip of KC crying for her daughter ... sobbing for that child ... JUST.ONCE.
RS and BBM-
Sorry, but this woman doesn't even know how old her child is!! In her 1st appearance the child was three, and for the second appearance the child was two.
She is sticking by a man who has been charged with domestic violence.
She makes sure she takes her 'feel good' drug methadone, but not the ones that will help her to be a capable, stable, functional woman and mother.
She says she's under a doctors care, which she would have to be to get her meds, but I wonder how much
therapy she gets to improve her life, and to give her child a better chance in life?
She chose to be at her fiance's DV court appearance rather than being with her child, FGS!!! She clearly puts her man before her child.
Different MI's cause different reactions. I have the kind of MI that makes me
over emotional. Sometimes I wish that I could have the type that makes me feel nothing, like ICA.
Just because a person puts on an emotional display, doesn't mean that they care more.... they just feel emotions more intensely and often irrationally.... ....if that makes sense.
I haven't looked at, and don't really care about her rap-sheet. What I care about is that she claims that her child is her focus and makes everything worthwhile, but she is not doing the things she needs to to ensure that child doesn't suffer the same fate as herself.
Even if ICA did put on an emotional display, would anyone feel any pity for her? Not a chance!!! People would claim it was all an act. And it would have to be for someone who doesn't feel those intense, overwhelming emotions.
The key here is :
ER's intense emotion is simply a
symptom of her disorder, IMO.
ICA's
lack of emotion is a symptom of her disorder, IMO.
And a parent, mental illness or not, should never rely on an infant to make everything okay. That is seriously messed up!!!
JMO from a poster with a similar dx as ER, and the mother of a young child who is also displaying symptoms of a MI for which we are seeking early intervention.