JenniferTx
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Do you think Darlie premeditated the murders of Devon and Damon or did she kill them in a fit of rage?
to me, home is a safe haven. Whenever you walk through the door,you should feel loved unconditionally. Those poor babies.I've always thought that Damon was one sad little boy. Every picture I have ever seen of Damon he just looks so lost and sad. I also believe that it was Devon that really was getting under her skin. I remember the lady from the pawn shop saying how ugly Darlie would talk to the boys when they were shopping in the pawn shop. Darlie would call the boys little s---s and little f-----s. What kind of mother calls their own children such names. Did Darlie think people wouldn't remember her being mean to her kids in public. If she was that mean to them in public I shutter to think what it must have been like in their own home.
lease:A couple specific contradictions in her stories make her guilt clearly apparent. She first claimed that her wounded son woke her up. Then she claim to have been awaken by a knife-yielding assailant.
Clearly, there is no intruder. Therefore, her wounds must be self-inflicted. She did not have time to place the bloody sock after the self-inflicted wounds. Therefore, she must have prepared for killing her sons.
lease:
Well, since premeditation can be as much as a few seconds, I would have to say yes. I don't think she was thinking about killing them for a very long time, but who knows. I just think if she had really thought it out, she might have staged that crime scene better.
I know she should have thought out that cemetery party more thoroughly.
On the topic of narcissism, I did a bit of research and came across the concept of narcissistic rage (source: A.H. Almaas):
Intensity of Reactive Anger
...has special characteristics because the narcissistic hurt is different from other types of emotional pain. The fact that this hurt is very vulnerable, and opens up to an emptiness signifying the dissolution of identity, imbues the reactive anger with an intensity and hardness rarely seen in other kinds of anger.
The Point of Existence, p. 324
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Hatred that Underlies the Desire for Vengeance
The (narcissitic) rage may turn into, or be accompanied by, a cold hatred that gives her qualities of power, invincibility, and calculation. This hatred underlies the desire for vengeance, for wanting to inflict pain and suffering, and for actually enjoying getting back at the person who failed her.
The Point of Existence, p. 327
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Provocation of Narcissistic Rage
The narcissistic individual, or the normal individual at this phase of development, is prone to intense anger, an irrational rage, which may take the form of acute explosions or be chronic and vengeful. This narcissistic rage is provoked by the slightestreal or imaginednarcissistic insult, such as not being seen, understood, or appreciated, in the way one feels he deserves. Narcissistic envy may arise; one hates anyone who has (or seems to have), a rich inner life or external acclaim and feels pain about not having what the other has.
The Point of Existence, p. 327
If Darlie is truly a narcissist, could she have gone into a narsissistic rage that night, after the fight? I guess if they were fighting about money and if one of the topics was that she can't go on the trip with her girl friends because there is no money and the loan was declined, and she is stressed out and a slave to her family at home and she feels she deserves it...Just speculating, but if she was in a cold rage, possibly she might have premeditated - but only shortly before she did the deed. If she had planned it well in advance, why would she have spent money on buying plane tickets to the family event a few weeks later?
Do you think Darlie premeditated the murders of Devon and Damon or did she kill them in a fit of rage?
I think she planned it. I'm not excusing her actions but post-natal depression (post-partum depression in US) can be a very serious illness. I think Darlie was struggling with the demands both she and Darin put on her. She wanted to be a socialite, a business woman, a great mom, a perfect wife. She and Darin aspired to a lifestyle and the struggles of the business financially, the pressures of 3 small boys, the big house, and even Darin's car always breaking down was just too much.
While I think she, and Darin to some extent were involved, I don't think she deserves the death penalty as post natal depression is a mental defect. I don't think she was thinking straight.