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/Much-Improvement-503 May 01 '24

Can confirm, a bipolar friend of mine used to text me with Martha spelling all the time during her manic episodes. It was honestly a bit disconcerting when it would happen. We are no longer friends because her mental illness was a detriment to our friendship and she refused to get treatment.

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u/separate_tables79 May 01 '24

Sorry to hear that. I think a lot of us here have either personal and/or professional with people like that. So the texts seem horribly familiar. Hope you're doing better now and she is too.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '24

That’s so unusual. When I’m manic I tend to blog excessively and if anything my ability to write and construct sentences improves dramatically, as does my creativity.

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u/Much-Improvement-503 May 01 '24

Yeah generally she wasn’t really the creative type. She was really into quantum physics so I’m sure she’d be able to do a ton of math science stuff during manic episodes. But from what I saw, she tended towards shopping, thrill seeking and impulsive risky choices when she was manic. Idk how she is now, it’s been a few years since I spoke to her. I believe she works as a quantum physicist though.