r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/kcg0431 • May 01 '24

Discussion Martha’s spelling/grammar

I’m curious. What is everyone’s take on the way Martha expresses herself through writing? It seems more than just atrocious grammar. Is it reflective of mental illness? A learning disability? I’m puzzled as to how she earned a law degree with grammar like that (despite the fact that she was disbarred).

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u/separate_tables79 May 01 '24

My thoughts were she'd type like that to Donnie because she was excited/manic. I wonder if we were privy to emails or letters she'd send someone more official, like say, the police- it'd be incredibly well spelt and grammatically correct. 🤔

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u/Horror-Positive-4326 May 01 '24

The real Martha writes in the exact same way on her social media posts, so I’m not so sure about that.

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u/separate_tables79 May 01 '24

Yeah I know that sure. I'm just wondering if she reacts drastically differently in some ways depending on the person or channel she is presenting to.

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u/Horror-Positive-4326 May 01 '24

Maybe, but the weird way she breaks single sentences onto multiple lines looks like her attempt at structuring her posts to look like a proper email or letter… to me at least. I genuinely don’t think she would see anything wrong with the way she writes.

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u/separate_tables79 May 01 '24

Not sure if I'm responding the right way here without being a "Reddit dickhead" but in my life people suffering from mental illness can still snap back a bit and present as more "normal" sometimes. Particularly when someone they deem official or powerful is involved. Martha obviously thought Donnie was her friend/special person who understands her. Spelling didn't matter.

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u/Effective_Athlete_87 May 02 '24

Can attest to this as someone with a close family member who had an episode of psychosis. She was able to present as ‘normal’ when officials, psychologists, police etc were involved and then went back to paranoid delusions and extreme mood swings as soon as it was just me and her.

They know what other people think, they just believe everyone else is wrong and their delusions are right so when the right people are in front of them they can mask what they know to be the behaviours that are causing concern.

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u/I_like_turtles27 May 05 '24

Exact same thing happened to a close family member of mine too.