Thread: Andrea Yates
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Old Jul 27, 2006, 08:46 AM
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may be psychosis stigma, huh?

i had a psychotic episode, which involved religious themes. when you believe G*d wants you to do something, you don't question ethics when you are psychotic.

i haven't followed her case much because it's very upsetting to me.


if i walked a mile in Andrea Yates' shoes, i think the following:

(1) justice was/is served for any moments of sanity she has nowadays when she realizes how she lost her children.

(2) she probably thought she was instructed by G*d, like Abraham's sacrifice of his son Isaac in the Torah (or Old Testament of the Bible).

(3) how could her faith in G*d ever be restored? i bet her faith meant everything to her before. she probably feels all alone in the universe.

(4) i feel sorry for her.