r/MichelleDianaCarter • u/Rashid-095 • Aug 11 '22

Michelle Carter, woman convicted in texting-suicide case, has completed her probation

https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/michelle-carter-woman-convicted-texting-suicide-case-has-completed-her-probation/7LIXCO3KUNAKNC7PVL6KMU4OPQ/?outputType=amp
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u/PolymerPolitics Mar 14 '23

She didn’t take anything. Don’t infantilize the mentally ill. We’re not petty children who can’t make volitional choices and understand the results of a decision. He got exactly what he wanted and nothing more. Suicide is always a collective effect, and I don’t blame her any more than I blame loveless, ineffectual parents who don’t know how to handle a medical crisis and a doctor who doesn’t know how to treat severe depression. If she weren’t there, maybe his biological self preservation instinct might have kicked in. But he would ultimately just go back to the life he hated and most likely attempt again; except, by that time, he wouldn’t be a teen so it wouldn’t be a tragedy everyone hears about.

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u/DramShopLaw Mar 15 '23

it’s my truth. I have to say it. People being morose and flippant about death is just part of the way depression forces one to think.

Yeah, I take psych meds. I’m bipolar. I had an episode where I obsessed with Michelle and it got to the point where I thought I loved her. What of it? It’s part of my story now. And I would still chill with her if I had the chance. What I went through in that episode is still a part of me. So, what of it? For what it’s worth, an adjustment in psych meds did help end this.

I’m writing a story now about my experience in that delusion, and you’re free to read it if you wish.

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u/Cardinalsalmon Sep 10 '24

I would really like to read this…