Ol' Marcia does seem a tad "off", no doubt. We used to have a poster here on this very thread who I believe was psychotic- I am not saying that in any offensive manner, I am saying it because if people read the posts from this person I think they may see it as well. In this situation when the poster was spoken to when people resonded, it fuled the delusion and future responses would be even more out there. But when ignored he simply moved on.
It was very sad to see how others treated this poster even after pm's sent letting others know that this poster may not be trying to be difficult but may be psychotic and have no control over it.
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I'm always horrified and amazed that so-called adults can be so cruel and, so "seemingly" naiive, when it comes to mental illness. Otherwise kind, caring, compassionate people will disbelieve there are people who cannot help themselves, even going so far as to ridicule. I never could figure out why they find it so hard to believe there is such a thing as "brain disease" when they believe in "heart disease". A disease is a disease and people need to get over their OWN uncomfortable feelings about it. Truth be known, there is probably a large percentage of the so-called "normals" hiding their own flaws.
That said, I believe Casey was never the "coddled princess" people believe she was. Oh, yes, Cindy probably did cover for her, but in my opinion it was only to maintain Cindy's projected image of the perfect family. God forbid anything of hers wasn't perfect. I further believe Casey was verbally abused, if not physically, and we've seen examples of that. We've also seen pictures on national tv of the gps weilding baseball bats and hammers. I have no reason to believe Casey's home life was a bowl of cherries or that she was treated like a princess. Casey was the pariah, in my opinion, and Lee was the good child, the mediator. Casey learned to lie, not only at her mother's knee, but because she had to for self preservation. Cindy does not appear to be the type that allows anyone to hold opions not approved by her, nor do I think, would she allow Casey to lead her own life if it didn't correspond to Cindy's ideas of how life should be led.
My socio daughter does not allow anyone to toss cigarette butts on her lawn - we have to smoke outside - because that is not the IMAGE she wants to portray, cigarette butts on the lawn are "so" low class. Yet, I wonder if the neighbors saw the repo man take away her car (twice), or the water company stand in front of the house, pull up the cover, and shut off her water. Is this sounding familiar? I believe Casey was scared to death of Cindy and in my opinion, so is the rest of the family.
I don't think Casey was allowed to be her own person, she was denigrated, and she was in constant fear of gaining her mother's disapproval - so, yeah, she developed issues and we see where these issues led. I believe she may have been in a red rage (IF she killed Caylee) and, when she came back to herself, was too frightened of her mother to admit it, hence the lies. However, she did try calling George and Cindy, but they didn't answer, no help there. She just winged it, too afraid of her mother to tell the truth.
I don't know what to make of the searchs. I probably have similar searchs on my computer, but I never killed anyone. I probably have worse searchs, come to think of it. I also have an interesting son who uses my computer - God knows what LE might find on my machine. But, that wouldn't mean "I" was the guilty party.
Don't get me wrong - I do think Casey killed her daughter, but I don't think she's the monster we all think she is. There are some other scenerios playing around in my head. The only thing I do know for SURE is Caylee's dead and will not go to bed anticipating a visit from Santa. Caylee will not wake up in the morning with awe and wonder shining from her eyes and that is sad beyond words.
Sorry to be so long winded. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
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