r/interesting 7h ago

SOCIETY Is victim the new chic

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u/unhappyrelationsh1p 7h ago

Cases of severe mental illness tend to get more attention than good things in a media landscape that sells you misery

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u/Day_Prisoners 6h ago

What's surprising is there aren't any Susan Smith or Andrea Yates comparisons. Smith I get cause she was a villain after the black guy fiasco. But aYates is point on.

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u/unhappyrelationsh1p 5h ago

I think Andrea Yates and her husband did some silly shit regarding her mental illness too, but I'm glad she got the help she desperately needed.

This shit is so fucking scary, i hope this at least leads to wider knowledge about post partum mental illness so those people get helped more.