michelle230
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BIB So twisted, fascinating though.
OTopic really but how do people like JB and his partner forgive when it's a psychopath? It's not as if he has a treatable MH issue. I bring in JB's partner as he is a Revd ( IDK what denomination) but I've always marvelled & admired how people can forgive. Or would you say regardless of someone's religious "journey" that counselling is still vital?
( If a killer is psychotic /there is no pre-med I absolutely could see myself finding some empathy but with this kind of character I come up dry. At the same time, I appreciate all victims have to find some kind of peace or acceptance or they will be dragged down with this awful creature. )
Do you ever envisage that these P. disorders will be treatable in any worthwhile way, say , in our life-time?
Appreciate those are big involved questions, feel free not to answer all/some of them.
(Goodness knows how the two sons and the parents will cope with what's been revealed)
CW,
This is only my view and my understanding having researched a lot about the meaning of forgiveness. It is often a misused word.
You can (sometimes) forgive a person. However this is dependent on many factors, not least whether they recognise and feel a deep sense of remorse about what they have done. And also obviously dependent on the nature of what they have done.
Many people confuse forgiveness with having an understanding of what has happened and why (the "why" part could be the fact that the person is just plain evil). Once understanding is achieved, then one can begin to come to terms with what has happened and learn to live with it and move on with their life, albeitwith the pain they carry as part of who they now are. obviously great trauma changes a person but need not destroy their life.
One is not obliged to forgive those who show no remorse for their bad deeds and/or heinous crimes. That is my understanding and experience anyway.