that was so wonderfully put and i agree completely
It wasn’t the visarides (her fathers side of the family) but her mother’s family that practiced incest.
Oh thanks! I couldn't find the exact chapter so i couldn't check
no problem! i think you’re right that her issues come from incest
Thank you! I try to share what I learn in my psychiatry class to promote mental health as much as I can
Poor MC, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't her family (Visarides) used to practice inbreeding or consanguineous marriages? That's actually a risk factor for various mental illnesses. So, if you would take that into consideration plus her circumstances and her post natal depression, I kind of see the the summation of the factors that led to how she acted towards her son and husband. I think at that point, it wasn't a matter of IF she will be unable to function well as a mother, wife and person but it became a matter of when. Adding the circumstances her side of the family prolly went through or how she was pregnant and she didn't know if her husband is still alive? Those are solid sources of PTSD. She was prolly living day by day with the goal of surviving but she has no concrete coping mechanism hence she developed avoidance rather than facing her problems. What she did will never be okay, never be justifiable. But I think we should also consider that she was presented with circumstances way beyond what she is capable of and that it was no longer a matter of if but a matter of when it will break her enough to make her hurt the people around her. Again, not justifying but just trying to look at it from another pov