Sydney Powell's Insanity Plea | Psychologist Explains
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2023
- 'One of the most severe cases.'
Psychologist and defense expert, Dr. James Reardon, testified that #SydneyPowell's #schizophrenia was one of the most severe cases he'd seen in more than 40 years. Powell's defense argue #insanity was the reason she killed her mother.
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Hi where can I watch all days of this trial full days?🇬🇧🤷♀️
I don't think the Trial is completed yet? I could be wrong.@@halimak625
They only show parts of testimony .
@@Char_43I usually avoid cases court tv monopolize for this reason. Law and crime does the whole thing free live stream.
She was in a full blown rage - not psychosis
Painful to watch a professional so incapable of communicating his field of supposed expertise.
So many uhs
Exactly
I think hes just nervous... not everyone wants to be a wirness on court tv.
Ummm...
Uhhhh....
So hard to listen to lol
The uh and um is killing me
She answered the call from the school, tried so sound like her mother, and hung up when she was found out! That seems like a very calculated and clear minded decision!
It is. She knew exactly what she was doing. She murdered her then tried to blame it on someone else. The only thing left was for her to say it was a black man!!!
This exactly was my conclusion as to why the insanity plea does not work here. I'm surprised your comment was the first one I saw lol. It could be argued, though, that her decision to end mom's life was a heat-of-passion thing that wouldve been very unlike Sydney's otherwise normal day-to-day behavior
As I watch the rebuttal witness right now…Sydney’s jig is up!!(and she knows it!)
She fine. ..... Not crazy; she's a bad bad bad bad girl. ....we've all been pissed off at our mothers sometimes, but, we don't bludgeon them and then stab their throats....OFF the JAIL with her.
No Psychosis
In her so-called psychotic state after murdering her mother, she has the wherewithal to say there was a break in 🙄🙄🙄 that’s not a mental state… that’s planning 🤦♀️
I’m thinking along those lines as well
Exactly.
If you knew the bare minimum about psychosis and schizophrenia, then you'd know those two things aren't mutually exclusive.
@@Lucinda_Jackson He's claiming she's not deceptive because she didn't know right from wrong
@@Lucinda_JacksonPeople are generally stupid. I read these comments about planning and psychosis and i realise that those people have no idea about psychosis, delusional thinking and paranoid delusions.
Her mom asked 'why do I feel like you are always scamming me?' Reply, 'my grades are fine, thank you!' This is not schizophrenia. It's a liar. And her mom knew it. She just couldn't pull it off for as long as Chandler Halderson or Jennifer Pan could.
Totally agree with all the above^ and maybe I didn’t get there yet, but where did they go over the texts? I must have misssed it but am super curious to hear more
I agree.
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You nailed it with Chandler Halderson
What is going in with these young people these days???
I couldn't agree more! She is spoiled and evil. She beat her mother to death to prevent her from finding out about her suspension. She is manipulative and cunning, mentally ill absolutely not! She knew what she was doing and tried to blame it on an intruder!
she tried to cover up her crime. That's speaks of consciousness of right vs wrong. She does not deserve an insanity plea. Insanity does not mean not wanting to face consequences, or life. She deserves jail and I hope the jury sees through this nonsense.
Great point! She was totally aware of her actions a day their wrongfulness
They open the door for more cases like this let her take responsibility
She is spoiled is the problem. I agree not insanity!
Female = guaranteed she's not going to get the death penalty (if that was in play), guaranteed she's not going to get life in prison. I'd say 15 years to life with possibility of parole after 15 years.
Good point and it would be terrible 😮
Black nails....how appropriate. She must have gone to the nail salon on her way to counseling. Shes 20 yrs old not 10. The way the court has coddled her is so unjust. Watching her doodle makes me mad. She's got a good act going on. If she doesn't go to prison we will see her in court again. It's disturbing that her family is not upset by what she did.
Money!
At least wash her hair and put a brush thru it . unless she wants to look crazy.
Shes 23 but want people to feel sorry for her like her family..
What a pant load.
all these kind of defendants exist in one form or another because of the kind of family who bring them up. theres no empathy ever it seems for the victim only the living person involved in the crime. sickening
Interesting, that she attacked the only person who was very vocal and disappointed about her lies, her Mother! . Not her dad, because her dad was like "its okay, we will get thru this" ....
If this guy says "Um" one more time, I just may question his sanity, lol
Um
Exactly… very annoying. His um ums make him sound like he doesn’t believe his own crap! He is just making up crap for money!
It’s driving me insane!
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If she didn’t know what she did was wrong, why lie? She tried saying someone broke in.
Then broke the window from the inside. What an idiot. The broken glass was inside the house😳🤣🤣!
FABRICATION TAKES INTELLIGENCE AND MENTAL ACQUITY....Mental breakdowns dont uhm PLAN CONSEQUENTIAL ACTIONS
She's not crazy, she's guilty!!!!
She is both. She is NOW diagnosed with schizophrenia. You have clearly never witnessed people going thru this. Its very terrifying and sad at the same time. You cannot help what you are doing. You cannot see whats delusional and whats real when going thru these episodes. Ìts very sad. Please note, I do not in any way shape, or form think she doesn't deserve to be punished. Im merely trying to summarize what its like to witness this. Mental health help is in the US is awful. Give them pills and send them on their way. That kind of diagnoses, you cannot do that to a person. THEY need to be monitored, in patient until they find a medicine that works for the patient. Any way, maybe I helped you understand a little bit, maybe I just made some mad. Everyone be kind, you have no idea what someone else is battling. Have a great night.
@@cara5430specialist stated before and after the crime did not lead up to schizophrenia
@@cara5430syndney went into a rage and why she walked in while her mother was on the phone with the dean.Telling lies for sometime that college is good her grades are good and now picture her mother finding out it's all been a bunch of lies syndey did what she did to stop her mom from hearing the truerh.Specialist testified before and after the crime did not lead up to schizophrenia
The attorney should reel this guy in. He is so long winded you lose the topic of the sentence.
Intelligence sometimes comes with long winded risks
He said he graduated in 76. 47 years ago. I think he's pretty old, past standard retirement age. That's why he's in "private practice".
@@lunarphoenixforyourface being in private practice isn't uncommon for psychologists or therapists.
@@jakiam83 Yes, certainly at his age.
@@lunarphoenixforyourface 2 of my psychologists were in that age bracket in private practice, so maybe my perspective is biased :)
Shes not insane. She instantly came up with a plan, right after bludgeoning her Moms head 7 times, on how to blame it on an intruder. She even tried to pretend she was her Mom on the phone.
She even had the ability to recognize her fingerprints would be on the knife so she told the responding officer she had picked up the knife. Seems pretty intentional and like rational thinking to me.
Oh yeah what an instant and brilliant plan! Come on. She said someone else did it. That’s a gut reaction, not a premeditated plot to get away with murder. If she’s in the midst of psychosis, she doesn’t automatically forget how the world works. She knows she killed her mom and she knows the cops will take her to jail if they know it was her. So she says it was an intruder. That hardly required a ton of rational thought.
@@trickortrump3292it is not legal insanity unless she HAS forgotten how the world works. You just made the case for knowing right from wrong, which legally means she was not insane
@@trickortrump3292You are describing mental illness. It's not the same thing.
@@FizzleFrazle That is not true. Forgetting how the world works is absolutely not required for insanity. Psychosis causes specific delusions. Having delusions about her mom that made her believe her mom had to be killed, doesn’t automatically mean she is having delusions about the police.
She’s a liar..and she may well have been emotionally unstable..but she killed her mother because she got caught..sad
I hope the jury sees it like most of us do..she is not insane at all!! I can't listen to this "expert"
I think most of the time the jury gets it right. They see and hear what we all hear.
um ah um um ah um. Driving me nuts listening to him.
@@deedeedonald8437guilty verdict has been given by the jury!
Thanks for the news I did watch it .She thought she was going to found Not Guilty@@cleoh666
It just seems odd to me that she has her schizo break at the exact moment her mother is discovering her lies. Timing is convenient. Not saying she isn’t mentally ill, but might be closer to psychopathy rather than schizophrenia. I’ve had schizophrenic students in my career, just doesn’t seem like the stories they told me of there breaks. She lived the lie, found herself shelter, gamed the university as long as she could, doesn’t sound like anything other than a student who really screwed up. Why she screwed up would be worth knowing. Doesn’t sound like she was partying. Glad I’m not on the jury but all my doubt is about her being insane. Too many actions that aren’t in line with being disconnected from reality.
Exactly. She wasn't partying. Her diagnosis would of most certainly lead to the grades dropping so low and her feeling that she needed to hide that she was thrown out of school. And the downward spiral was so fast. I truly believe in her diagnosis. I don't look at her nails or hair and judge. Everyone is different. Even going to school and seeming to believe she was still a student. There's so much that make her look like she lost touch with reality. I actually believe the insanity defense with this one. She isn't anything like Leticia Stauch. I don't thing she was melingering. I don't think she was lying.... I think she believed her version of reality. She was hearing things. I will not be shocked if she is sent to a hospital instead. And doesn't anyone think.... she is going to get treatment and they won't set her free until she is better. Then she will go on and wake-up to her actual reality. She killed her mom. She has to live with that once she is treated and healed. IF that even happens. I don't feel I'm an expert by no means but her insanity defense has me convinced based on the facts. How she acted. Her history in school. I hope she gets help. 🙏
Curious what actions I missed that indicated she was in touch with reality?
Exactly…. She even said to police mom kicked her out! There’s your motive
@@terryellis7692 breaking a window to claim a break in, coming up with a story of intruders, answering the phone and pretending to be her mother, etc.
@@terryellis7692I agree
If you fabricate a story, you are not mentally ill just plain evil!!!
she was diagnosed, listen & learn !
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@@wolke1955 educated 🙋🏻♀️
She may be mentally ill but she obviously isn’t legally insane
Lol please do list all your credentials, doc.
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The doc says she is mentally ill now Notice she isn’t crying anymore. She is spoiled is the problem 🙄
She was diagnosed and is on proper medication now.
@@musicismagic3001exactly
If she kept hearing all these noises telling her she's worthless and to kill herself, why didn't she just do that instead of killing her own mother?
I agree
The amount of times this Doctor said “ummmm” is mind boggling!
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He’s probably paid by the minute. Ummmm’s add up
I uuhhhhh, was uummmm a athlete in uuhhhhhh, uuummmmm something uuhhhh track and uh field. Uuummmm, from what I say uhhh, from 96' uuummm. Uuuuuuuunmmm yeah uuummmm. I uuhhh, began working with ummmm
She is malingering… I can’t stand the injustice in this trial, shame on the judge for coddling her, and her family is disgusting. That poor victim’s mother is supporting that brat. I’m out.
Exactly. Personality disordered for sure all axis II imo
Same. Her poor mama
It's disgusting that the judge doesn't make her stay in court room. Persons who get a dui and teens caught underage drinking even outside a car, take dui classes that include videos with dead dui crash victims. People they did not themselves kill. This pos is so above the law she isn't required to look at her own gore?? Defense is probably afraid she would get too giddy looking. A lot of sociopaths like the vile crime scene photos. She didn't hold back creating hers. Probably couldn't hold back getting excited over reliving it.
It's disgusting that the judge doesn't make her stay in court room. Persons who get a dui and teens caught underage drinking even outside a car, take dui classes that include videos with dead dui crash victims. People they did not themselves kill. This pos is so above the law she isn't required to look at her own gore?? Defense is probably afraid she would get too giddy looking. A lot of sociopaths like the vile crime scene photos. She didn't hold back creating hers. Probably couldn't hold back getting excited over reliving it.
Sadly, her mom loved her so much that, if she was still alive, she'd probably give her blessings to everyone covering for this spoiled & selfish young lady. Not justice!!
She looks a wreck in court but looks cheerful & confident outside when she thinks cameras aren't around. Makes ya think. Even with her family supporting her, you'd think they'd be kinder to Brenda's memory and the gravity of the crime against her
where have you seen stuff from her outside court?
Yes! Do tell where we can all see what you're seeing!
Watch her right NOW.
Cunning as a 💩house Rat! 🐀
Pure evilness not mentally ill.
and your quals are what ?
@@nikkimclay5474 common sense
There’s no such thing as “being evil”… lmao
@@misssilverandgold Troll
@@agonizingpaper no one is born evil. That’s not how it works.
Psychologist Describes Sydney Powell: ‘One of the Most Severe Cases’ He has seen in 40 years…. I have worked in mental health for over 30 years and if this is the most severe case of psychosis he has seen, it is because he has only observed very few cases. It's even ridiculous to say that...
Yeeeaaahhh. I have to agree with you there. That statement shocked me. If Sydney’s the worst case he’s seen, then he’d have a field day learning about what happen to one of my relatives. Then again, his was probably one of the worst cases some people have seen, too.
What did he testify 3-400 times over the 40 years for? I miss something?
paid , uh um er opinion.
If you really had worked in mental health you wouldn’t give an opinion on a patient without examining them.
This guy is not describing a schizophrenic person, he is describing a liar.
Can’t believe that he excusing someone’s behavior to create their own realities - so wrong.
This "expert's" diagnosis is laughable, don't think he even believes what he's saying...
This so called, 'doctor' is being paid. They will say anything if they are paid
I think that’s why he needed that restroom break.. 🫤
If you pay me $25,000 I will diagnose her with whatever you want...that's this Drs opinion
How does anyone who says, “ummmmmm” this much get this far in life?
How is this person a doctor and can barely speak?
Because people like Mr Powell will pay big bucks to keep their killer kids out of prison. 😂
It is so annoying...
Most times I have fast-forwarded, I end up back at “Um” 😮😅
Don't for get his "like" like, like
The way he’s describing schizophrenia makes me think it’s the highest level of anxiety. She couldn’t handle being an adult and having responsibilities….
Stress triggers psychosis in people who are prone to it. He’s not saying she killed her mom because she was having a panic attack. He’s saying that being overly anxious exacerbated her delusional disorder.
Hey! Stupid my mother had such high anxiety she would never drive. .
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@@trickortrump3292 I Love your comments Being Bipolar - and A Dad that had Schizophrenia and My Grandfather I never met did too -- but every "Episode" can be very different for me - Delusions With Mania Hypomania going into Psychosis to only hypomania when I am in My Mania Cycle - Depressive could be MILD Or Deep Depression - Same with My Dad - Always heard voices didn't see things unless it got really bad - plus too Me Rages - Anger Sometimes Not - it's not PREDICTABLE - with your behavior - I do know when I am having Insomnia or cannot Sleep that is MY SIGN It's Coming On --- Its very very exhausting and complex I was diagnosed age 22 - I am now 56 People need to Educate Themselves on Mental Illness and NOT JUST ANXIETY DEPRESSION --- I HAVE CPTSD TOO --
perhaps you need to educate yourself then
I'm not buying the insanity plea! She had plently of opportunity to tell her parents about what was going on and refused to tell them 😮
Not defending her actions. But I've experienced psychosis during manic episodes. And I had no idea that my thought patterns were delusional. And so I didn't share what was going on in my head. And when I finally talked to my psychiatrist, I couldn't parse out what was factual vs what might not be real vs what might just be religious beliefs. I was pretty convinced that an evil entity was surrounding my house. And I kept hearing sounds like someone trying to break in or footsteps in my house. I was always the only person who heard these noises. I was the only one that felt like there was evil lurking outside my house.
😢 i honestly think people really need to sit through a crisis intervention training. I learned ALOT and mental health and how devastating it can be to live with it and/or live with someone who has these episodes. Its scary. I really, truly have empathy for these people bc they cannot help it. They have no idea...like you said, they can't see whats delusional and what's real. It's awful.
To add to that, it comes on all of a sudden. So so sad.
She wasn’t well… and there were signs in her grades and behavior. She was staying in a hotel. Come on ppl. This is not a Leticia
@@cara5430refreshing comment amongst so many heartless ones. She was detached and unwell.
If this expert has been to court so many times it seems like he would be able to express himself and talk more professionally. What did Sydney major in ? With her mom's background she probably had access to reference books explaining schizophrenic acts etc. I would be catatonic if I thought I was going to prison for life. I don't buy it. I certainly don't have faith in this man's assessment.
I hope the jury sees it the same way!
She majored in crime and cover ups.
My tht exactly....if he's a professional...and has so much experience I'd expect him to express himself much better rather than filling each of his sentences with uh or um
@@shabbydooforeverNo Doubt! uuuummm😮
He does not answer succinctly!
I feel like Brenda is getting no justice in this court trial. Entire family making excuses for this spiiled entitled brat. All the males that did this went down. No sympathy. If this woman/child gets off it will be such a tragedy. She knew exactly what she was doing when her mom answered that phone from the college. She purposely beat her to death.
It is making me angry too. I stand and demand justice for Brenda! Since Brenda's own family won't demand it, we all need to demand it!
Her father is a nice person, but he did nothing as a Dad to help his poor wife to take responsibility together with Sydney.
He wanted to be only the NICE parent and this is why a Mom/his wife got killed 😮
If my grand daughter would have killed my beloved daughter, I could not live with her together - I would want justice for my killed daughter!!!
@@wolke1955 ...and who says she won't do the same thing to her. No, I couldn't be around her at all.
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Me either 😳
I always suspect an independent psychologist who works for the defense for extra money.
This guy is beyond painful
Dr. Umm 😅
I got the same impression.
I am feeling sorry for the court reporter.
I can’t stand to listen to this umm quack! All the umm is so maddening
Dr. Umm and Dr. Spiegel (Depp vs Heard) could be soul mates. 😮😅
It's so bizarre that they're attempting a mental health defense. 🤦🤦 She wasn't handling her emotions appropriately. She clearly needed some better coping strategies. Regardless she's guilty of murder and has to do the time for the horrific crime. Murder will not help one to avoid having to face hard truths and murder definitely causes your family more sadness and disappointment than bad grades ever will.
There’s a reason why the mental health defense exists. Some people cannot be held responsible for their actions because of being mentally insane. What the expert says makes a lot of sense
No, experts know nothing, it's people on YT commenting under videos with no background in the field who have never met anyone involved who have all the answers and know "what's really going on" LOL@@gewurztramina
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The job of court system isn't to feel sorry for her, but justice for all. The US has a poor mental health system. Its sad how those testifying of her mental status will use their position to gain unjustly. Leniency? No. Yes Justice & mercy. I see a lot of inpartialiality starting from the judge on down. I believe in justice for all. None is above the law including those of high economic status. People see how u respond in the courtroom Pacific ing her. Is this your character for all? Or do you exhibit this character for some. We see and compare within our court system. You had a mentally ill person on death row& executed a mentally retarded women. This is our court system. I believe in equality. You don't do for one, and not the other. We are watching you & expecting you to give justice& no partiality. Ain't nobody to good to good to be penalize. Were not stupid.
Bravo for the ONE shrink to say she doesn't have Schizophrenia!
Smells like BS to me 💩
Even if she doesn’t have schizophrenia, that was some kind of rage to hurt her mother like that to the point where she died, that is not normal!
Hopefully the Jury will see through the bullshit and lies.
Hopefully not too many in there with your psyche!
I hope the jury can see through all the bs too. Poor Brenda was brutally murdered by her daughter. Sydney knew right from wrong. I don't guy this whole mental health excuse.
Her issue is she doesn’t like consequences! Doesn’t want to take any ownership nothing! She has enablers too to help her.
she is sick and insane.. we should accept this
Your all right.
A spoiled brat.
I wonder what her mother's reaction was.
Did she get mad?
I just don't understand her doing this if her mother said they would work it out.
Whatever diagnosis , she knows what she did, after killing her mom she still lied to her dad over the phone, to the college staff that returned the call, and LE when they arrived. If they are going to claim that her mental health is bad to the point that she somehow blacked out or was unaware or in a state of mind where she had no control of herself and what she was doing...
THEN ONE THING I WANT TO ASK THE COLLEGE STAFF, SPECIFICALLY THE MALE THAT HAD THE PHONE AND RETURNED THE CALL TO MS BRENDA (GOD REST HER SOUL).. WHEN SYDNEY ANSWERED THAT CALL AND PRETENDED THAT IT WAS HER MOM WHO WAS ON THE LINE, " WHAT WAS HER TONE OF VOICE WHEN SHE SAID "IT'S ME BRENDA"..?" CALM, LOUD AND UNCONTROLLABLE, CRYING?... IF SHE TRIED TO ACT NORMAL WHEN SHE ANSWERED, THEN SHE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS DOING AND IS AWARE... DNT TRY TO SAY JUST HER MENTAL STATE BEING SEVERE DURING THE ATTACK AND THEN GOIN AWAY.... BS
BUT AGAIN...JUST ONE GUY'S OPINION
I was wondering as well. Was she upset. Or angry. Cold emotionless. It's so eerie that she did that. You would actually expect a fully sane person to be too in the moment crazy to do that.
@@Jenahh-aye Just the way this psychologist is describing ..... he is just making excuses for every single thing sidney did.. and painting a picture as if sidney was already loosing touch with reality months before...to where she started failing school. He's just saying that it started from there..and justify her failing school and everything else she did and lies by saying she was out of touch n her mental health was the reason... That's the only way he is trying to protect her. blaming her fails on her health...which cant be true because she see seemed to function very well the entire time leading up to that day and after... its BS to me...
But again..just one guy's opinion
@@Jenahh-aye Jury on point like a pyramid! Those 4 experts really thought they were goin to convince the jury to sidney bein mentally unstable at the time she killed her mother, when there is plenty of evidence and her actions that prove and very clear ,show sidney fully aware of what she was doing.
Hope she gets the help she needs to treat her mental illness and any other medical issues she might have ..... BUT all that from the comfort of her new studio in prison where she belongs. I dont wish anything bad towards her, god bless her but i dont feel bad at all for her . could care less about all her emotions and seeing her put in cuffs n out the door. she shoukd be thankful she was free well over 3 yrs..
But again just one guy's opinion..
It is astonishing how unprofessional this psychologist is! Setting aside his annoyingly poor communication skills, his reasoning is that of a most naive layman: "She did something SO-O-O crazy, therefore she must be crazy." Some expert!
I worked in inpatient psychiatry for several years and learned there are a lot of incredible psychiatrists and psychologists, but there's also some need treatment much more than their patients. And I wouldn't trust a mental health professional hired by a defense attorney. They'll do anything for those big bucks.
All his um, um, um lying been paid big bucks by daddy
And he’s not suppose to read notes
Dr. Umm 😂
@@texasrefugee7888I once heard a psychologist joke about how therapists and psychologists end up adopting their patients' illnesses and I can see why they said that lol
Are you kidding me? She was experiencing the realities of a first year college student. she didn't understand she wasn't in high school anymore. She couldn't bs her way around her studies like she could in high school. She actually had to be responsible for her study time, but instead of doing that, she was parting with her friends and not holding herself accountable to her studies. A lot of students go through this. It's not a sign of mental illness, it's a sign that she's undisciplined. The reason why mom got hit with the Pan and not Dad is because Mom was the disciplinarian and was holding her accountable, while dad just sat on his hands like a chump. Maybe if he helped his wife discipline, his daughter, his wife would be alive right now.
Sometimes it goes off the second year. A young lady visited Mark next room. Grades fell. In the spring break she kills herself. Suicide.
She's showing the scam artist she is. Wat a nerve!
I feel, Sydney Powell should be under HER father's roof AND YOUNGER BROTHER with Grandmother on the farm. That way the father has to "finally" keep checking on her to see if she stayed inside the house! Check to see IF she took her meds (counting the pills in the bottles)! Cooking her meals and GIVING her those meds! Check on her numerous times a day and CALL the doctor's offices to SEE that she went to the therapists/psychologist and etc. ! But? How long would that last BEFORE the father TELLS GRANDMOTHER TO DEAL WITH HER? ? ? ? ?
@@crystalhanson1483Or until she kills one of them or someone else.
Where I grew up and went to School and THINGS DIDN'T CHANGE in the School (BOARD) System when my sons went through school. IF your parents and grandparent had $ $MONEY$ $, during Middle & High School those kids didn't have to DO ANY WORK! Sat in Class, head down on desk, went to sleep, teachers woke them up so they could go to next class and SLEEP. Those kids got all the scholarships! Those Middle & High School teachers FALSIFIED their School Files with GLOWING LIES so the Collage they chose would take them based on that FALSIFIED File(s). . .the Parents had more than enough $ $MONEY$ $ to PAY for their Partying and many GOT that "piece-of-paper"; BOUGHT and PAID FOR BY RICH PARENTS! ! Not fair to lower class kids who had BRAINS and wanted a High Education in the Field(s) they were STRONG in.@@felicious8015
Sydney is not insane or mentally ill, she made these choices and now has to accept responsibility for her actions point blank!from AKRON, OHIO
You don’t know what you are saying ! What a shame!!!! . We as parents went through the same trauma and thank God their was not a self harm or harm to somebody else. Still living with this problem , I can only say thank God that I am still able to love and TRUST this person, if they keep taking their meds. Go on your knees and thank our Lord that he didn’t chose you, perhaps he knew you !.
I have had friends that suffer from schizophrenia.... she certainly is NOT severe if at all.. she is guilty by reason of selfish little girl syndrome....
Same here! I have a close cousin of mine who developed schizophrenia in his early 20’s and I can’t think of a time when he hurt someone and try to cover it up such as Sydney did.
I really hope she doesn’t get off on this. This is not mental illness.
💯. It isnt insanity. She is dangerous and without humanity. It would be so dangerous for all of society if she's not kept in a cell for the rest of her life.
I feel for the family, they have been completely snowed by this young lady. I don’t think the jury is though.
I am afraid she will get off like the girl who murders her father with the fluid
I disagree. I think she IS mentally ill. Not insane though. You would have to be mentally ill to kill someone. Even killing a stranger for no reason you would have to be mentally ill. But your mom? Wowza. But yeah, she is sick in the head, but she knew what she was doing, therefore NOT insane.
@justbystander770 what case is that? You talking about the girl who purposefully allegedly threw lye on her dad? I actually don't think she did that on purpose. I think the judge got it right.
Are we going to see the cross examination of this witness? There is plenty of opportunity for the prosecution to challenge his opinions and conclusions.
That’s what I was waiting to see :(
@@Christy-. For sure Christy... If the prosecution is prepared and did some research...they can really minimize the impact of this "expert."
If this Dr feels Sydney was schizophrenic and had delusions, why was she coherent enough to lie to her father and law enforcement? She was also trying to keep her expulsions from her mother. And she would do anything and did by killing her. I'm sorry but, I'm not buying it.
That doctor with his aaaaammmm..aaammmm..is too much for me..
I don’t know about her guilt or innocence, but psychotic patients do & often can lie. Not always, but it’s not impossible. If you believe your delusions & have a break from reality- you can still lie due to paranoia and your convictions. I think many assume that psychotic means “appearing totally deranged/crazy,” but that’s not always the case.
I would not want this monster within spitting distance of me or any of my loved ones - ever! No matter the outcome of this trial, it is blindingly evident this girl has dad wrapped around her little finger. Mum out of the way? Voila! She has simply come down with terminal laziness
Poor Brenda. 😢 She was brutally and mercilessly killed by her own daughter, then her family all joined together to help the killer get away with it!
Brenda was the evil lots SCAPEGOAT IN LIFE & DEATH HER MOTHER HUSBAND & DAUGHTER ARE A DISGRACE ...SYNDNEY POWELL DESERVES LIFE ...ONLY WAY JUSTICE WILL BE DONE FOR BRENDA THAT WAY THE OTHERS SUFFER LIKE THEY MADE BRENDA SUFFER THE 3 OF THEM HAVE LIED ABOUT THE FULL FAMILY DYNAMIC A 5 YEAR OLD COULD SEE THERES SOMETHING DRASTCALLY WRONG WITHIN THAT FAMILY & BRENDAS SON KNOWS IT ...POOR WOMAN DOING A CARING JOB MURDERED BY HER LUNATIC OF A DAUGHTER ...HEARTBREAKING 💔
I wonder if the family was ever able to grieve over the loss of life cause immediately went to trying to save daughter from conviction
I wonder if the family was ever able to grieve over the loss of life cause immediately went to trying to save daughter from conviction
Good too see most people are seeing through this girl.
Hope the jury isnt swayed by her poor family's need to keep her out of jail.
It will be such a relief when the “ guilty verdict “ is read and she’s immediately remanded. Imagine the scene that unfolds once she hears the “ guilty words “?……… We will see mayhem I predict
What if she’s on meds right now to comfort her in such a scary trial? Probably no blowup. Sorry
I can’t wait to see it
Not saying it couldn’t happen but in my first year Calculus class, 80% dropped out after the first test. They were straight A students at their schools. I had my first C in first year. I failed a class for the first time in my life in the first year. Half of my resident hall dropped out of the programs they enrolled in because, shocker to us all, university is hard! Doing well in high school meant nothing in first year of college because we were all the “smart ones” from our high schools. NONE OF US “DISASSOCIATE” to the point where we bash our mothers heads in and yes, I had a friend who pretended to go to school for a whole year after failing out first semester. I hope they have better defense than this. Unless none of the jurors went to college, they should recognize that these are not “psychotic episodes”. She experienced major embarrassment and killed the person whom she most felt shameful toward (and that’s my Psychology 101 course talking lol).
I agree with you 100%. In some courses where I live, in first year Uni, less than 90% of students complete the course
I agree! In the Olden Days, back in the 1970's; it was the "SAME WAY"! The kids who wanted to go on to Higher Education TALKED to the Guidance Counselor, who told them how to get their education in the field(s) they wanted by going to cheaper "S C H O O L S", where they could get their Education in 2 years instead of 4 and where to take a course or 2 at ________ or
__________! How much it would cost and everything. It was called "pay" for your education as you go. Takes longer, you WILL GET THERE :)
So you have a PhD in Psychiatry or actual experience treating patients with mental disorders?
As you say, many college students go through similar difficulties in college, yet you say “none of us disassociate “to the point she did - exactly. Those who do not are normal. Those who do have something seriously wrong with them. So why is it impossible for you to think it’s a mental disorder, schizophrenia, or psychotic episode?
Sydney reminds me of the entitled teenager who threw drain cleaner on her father when she didn’t get her way.
I actually clicked the video a little confused because I thought it was her even though her case has been heard.
She's worse imo. The other case, her dad was an alcoholic, there were probably experiences she had because of that and she actually appeared remorseful at trial, just imo anyway but this monster has zero remorse and insists on being tret like a baby
@@Skibidiplushies how do you know her remorse ? you dont
sydney is worse. sydney continually lied and actually beat her caring mother to death. the other case the teenager might not have known how serious the cleaning agent would be and the dad was somewhat abusive…. sydney comes from a caring household and just didn’t want to be held accountable for failing college.
@@nikkimclay5474damn I see you riding pretty hard for a murderer under all these comments.
I wish he’d stop saying “um “ the lawyer is doing it too!
If she was hallucinating than why actually brake the window ?
Does the court reporter have to write down all those errs and umms?
She types a $ instead
Yes. Hopefully they get a decent Christmas bonus.
Amazing, no fake tears now it is not the prosecution, just doodling. I have never known of a defendant with mental health conditions allowed to go in and out of the courtroom at will. Perhaps someone can explain why this is?
She goes home every night with her peeps..very odd
It’s a travesty, obviously getting special treatment. She’ll walk, wait til she freaks out on granny.
@@Char_43agreed. There's no way I'd let this psycho stay with my grandma 😂
What I read was that There were many pre trial hearings that despite being heavily medicated certain aspects would likely lead to decompensation and re start psychosis. I believe the judge made the final determination but I hasn’t read of prosecution agreed as well or not.
@@Char_43she'll get bored at grannies after awhile. What type of life will she lead now.she just got branded as a fruitcake.
I will never understand why these psychologists with such a great, long career will take these cases and just erase all the good they’ve done! This guy cannot believe what he’s saying. There is no way!
this guy needs help, since he can't seem to say more than four or five words without an ummm ahhhh in between. Sometimes just a couple of words. I suppose when you are a shrink and charge by the hour it lets you drag out the hour. I pity his patients waiting through all those ummm,ahhhhh, uhnnnnnn while he gets the words out.
People with Sever mental illness respond in different ways- but I truly believe she's faking it. In her fear of mother's reaction she choose to attack. Just my thinking. She was "sane" in the respect of planning how to cover up her lies. Just my thinking.
I agree with you! 🤨
i agree, no-one ever has auditory hallucinations it seems telling them to go check if someone is ok or go help someone, its always go and KILL someone.
I can get with that.
Could it be she was spoiled and expected everybody and everything should go her way,maybe not a great student or smart enough to succeed
Her behaviors leading up to the murder suggest she is no schizophrenic, that's ridiculous. The family standing behind her is a slap in the face to her murdered mother, the one who called her out. She attacked her while she was on the phone about to learn she was on academic probation. Her father knew, told her they would work it out, so why kill her mother. A man is supposed to lead, but they often leave it to the wives. Sidney lying at the level she was should have been addressed by both parents, but he left his wife to deal with Little Ms. Perfect, who had been lying to everyone, and it finally came to a head, culminating into murder that wouldn't have happened had he been there and now he's standing by her? What s betrayal to his poor wife. Sidney wasn't insane when she lied to the dean and her father. She's going to prison.
She stayed at the university because she didn't want to go home for her parents to find out that she was no longer there.
What about if all students after being kicked out go and kill their parents. What she has done was the same as what others have done and they end up getting life sentences for murdering someone. She is no different.
If she could lie after murdering her mum, staging things like it was an intruder who did it...then she knew exactly what she had done. LIFE FOR LIFE and JUSTICE FOR HER POOR MOTHER 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
Her family decided what her defence would be and got her the resources accordingly
But Doctor if Sydney thought she fixed it and was living in that reality, then why did she tell her father she didn’t have her stuff together when all her friends did?
If she was so sucicidal why didn't she go that route instead of this vile action? I dont think for one minute she was suicidal. She was entitled. She was committed to her manipulations. She was in a dumbass dumpsterfire of her lies. She lacked the humility and accountability to accept her short comings and mistakes. And god help every person defending her on the stand if she gets out on this bogus insanity charge. Because the blood of every victim after is on their souls too.
She had shame, anxiety, and she didn't want to ANSWER to her mother! It's not that she was afraid her mother would find out -- she knew that she would have to talk, explain herself, and be held accountable for her actions, and she was totally unwilling to do it! So far, I've heard NOTHING that isn't completely normal for teenagers under a lot of stress. Feeling unworthy, deep anxiety, feeling like she's not good enough, a failure... C'mon! Other teens who screw up badly don't murder their parents in a rage. They go home, take their lumps and develop some humility. I wish they would get real about this girl's relationship with her Mom. The Mom seems like she was more upfront and direct, and willing to confront her daughter. Initially the reports said the two were arguing, and that seems much more likely to me. But then she took it to this unbelievable level, because she can't face the reality of her actions at school. I truly hope that she finally does have to face what she's done here.
And if she had a rational mind, as you seem to think, she would realize that killing her mother would be a stupid mistake, and she’d get in serious trouble.
Physicians should start getting penalized for lying for defenses in the stand.
That would put a slow-down on these monsters using this fake defense.
It hurts people with REAL mental illness.
I am in full support of this.
he is not a physician. He is a psychologist. A psychologist is not a medical physician.
Sad to say and think but she’s a danger to society! More to the people around her /family;; If she diagnosed with Schizophrenia ,people around her will be always in danger,she may wake up on a middle of the night and kill someone else too!! Agreed Shes NOT NORMAL,But I don’t think she’s Schizophrenic,,,Obviously you feel bad about her in such a Yonge age ;we never know what she have been through,only she knows ,,,I feel bad for her family/father /grandmother is very very hard for them,,she still their baby ; And parents never give up in their children (even if they deserve to be panished ) they make mistakes,parents/family wants to be there for them .Sad Story will Hunt her all her life 😢
It really sucks for people with schizophrenia who are not murderers
I just find it suspicious that this is now a retrograde diagnosis to get out of a murder charge
If she is found NG by reason of insanity
The family will push for not going to a forensic hospital 🏥 but back to grannies farm
At face value, her behaviors do not meet the criteria of schizophrenia in the DSM5, the scientific manual he should be using. But he’s MAKING it fit. A decline in an academic environment is a criterion for most disorders in the DSM5, it is NOT a specific indicator of schizophrenia. 🤷🏽♀️
Who hasn't seen a situation in which a child who lied to his mother started kicking or hitting her, when the mother was about to realize his lie? For me Sydney is not schizophrenic, she just remained a child, that happens to overprotected children. But I could be wrong, after all I'm not a psychologist...
I agree
Coddled
Babied
Enabled
This. She was never held accountable. She still isn't. Look at this shitshow.
It looks like her Daddy was a Disneyland dad that let her get away with anything. And let Mommy be the bad guy, that set limits. I think daddy might feel guilty he created this situation. He only called her college for financial information.
@@texasrefugee7888 Her father testified he asked her why she was not in class, and she told him classes had been canceled. She had ample time to either make up the classes or come clean to one or both of her parents. She choice the lies and finally murder when it was coming out and lies were no longer going to work. She's not mentally ill. She's a lier and a killer.
Yikes you have a point there. Though he surely is destroyed and didn’t plan on his daughter murdering his wife… they both likely coddled her, made excuses and didn’t give boundaries. This girl doesn’t tolerate disappointment.
Somebody give her an Academy Award !!! 😁
If you don’t know schizophrenia you have no idea how it affects a person.
Appalling witness. Embarrassing
Very painful to listen to…um..um..um
a lot of "umh, umh" crutch words. Isn't this typically seen as "I don't believe what I'm saying?"
Many people do not understand the mindset of a person with schizophrenia. It is one of the worst condition a person can suffer with. I have personal experience with my mother and her horrible suffering with this condition. The medical field in its infancy with understanding this diagnosis. My mother was not dangerous or violent, but she was fearful, saw and heard things that did not exist. It is a real hell on earth.
WOW! The perfectly kept and polished dark nails caught my eye today... I honestly felt sorry for her, but the manicured nails have really thrown me. If I were in her shoes, I think a mani would be the last thing on my mind. Her hair and makeup v. nails... now it seems the defense is playing to something...but forgot to mention, "don't get a mani..." WILD.
I noticed the nails too especially since she tries so hard to look disheveled.
They look like overly long stick on nails. But yes, odd . You'd think her defense team would say that's not a good idea.
If I had a dime for every time this man contradicted his testimony I’d be able to pay the national debt.
I've had plenty panic attacks, been depressed, all of those things, i would never even think about hurting one of my parents... NEVER!! I hope the jury sees through this bull$**t!!! Spoiled brat with a Father that was scared of her and never made her take accountability and never disapplined her.
Given these so call Psychologists won't stand up to the transgender insanity that is happening now, are we to believe what he is saying now about her being out of touch with reality. It seems lots of people are out of touch with reality, but they don't kill their mothers. Making excuses for this killer, saddens me, Sydney is just plain evil.
🤔🙄🤥
Shes trans?
I just want to say that schizophrenia is a very complex disease and is very subtle before psychosis starts. I'm not saying that is what's happening here or not. I'm just saying it is possible. I think most people think they know what schizophrenia looks like but really have no idea of the scope of the symptoms and the abilities of the people who suffer with this have in masking those symptoms. As someone who has personal connections with someone with schizophrenia and several people with bipolar depression, my opinion is that it is definitely possible that Sydney is mentally ill. I know that is a.very unpopular opinion here. My heart goes out to the family regardless.
I agree. Everything we’ve been told is she was a great student ect.. great relationship with family. Then all her grades drop, for no explained reason. She is at the age when this illness appears. Sad sad sad.
I totally agree. She diffently had some type of breakdown.
Where’s the full trial or do we only get snippets 🤷♀️
more like cut aways
It's disgusting. They should never let cour TV have rights. The fact they charge is infringement.
I would love the full trial
If your connected to cable but online snippets
The doctor over reacted with his diagnosis panic attacks don't lead to kill.
So put her in a mental health facility for the remainder of her life and be done with all this.
This psychologist described many embarrassed students who failed at school, who rather be alone and don’t want to face their parents.
Those embarrassed students don’t show psychotic symptoms and are not diagnosed with schizophrenia. It’s very different
He's getting paid to say what they want him to say. Sad
@@gewurztramina - Well people who diagnosed with schizophrenia don’t normally kill their patients, don’t pretend on the phone after killing their mothers that they are their mothers, and especially don’t lie to the police claiming someone broke in and killed their mothers, because they didn’t have the time to clean up.
Maybe she didn’t planned to kill her, but probably something that her mother might have said unknowingly made her daughter enraged and when she got caught she lost it, couldn’t believe what she has done and the shame it brings.
@@snsn7251 - Exactly. Especially because he is independent and will take any case that he thinks he can convince the jury with agreeing with the hospital report. I think she was panicked after she saw the police officers. If it was a guy and reacted exactly the same they would have said he is lying just panicked after the fact.
@@gewurztraminaexactly 👍
I just cant get passed the "um, um, um." How can someone not recognize this in oneself?
The magnitude of the injuries is the result of a lack of empathy and level of pleasure derived from the power and pain she was inflicting.
She’s just eating this crap up
I don't believe she's crazy.
Ok dr. olympic therapy..... during the attack she answered the phone , lied to the school pretending to be her victim in attempt to prevent them from calling police.... so it would seem she was not deteatched even during the murder. Maybe retirement?
For everyone blown away by this psychologist's testimony...bear in mind that expert witness testimony runs roughly $350-$500 PER HOUR in this part of the country. Given this guy's credentials and experience, he's most likely receiving the high end.
What I find peculiar is the fact that he and I attended and received degrees from THE Ohio State University Dept of Psychology, yet we have polar opposite opinions. With that being said, I do not have the advanced degree nor the experience he has.
Key takeaway? Many paid expert witnesses will generally testify to whatever you pay them to testify. Allegedly... In my opinion. I'm just saying...😉
How can a psychologist say that feeling worthless and being a failure is a hallucination. I haven’t heard so much nonsense for a while.
Defense wasted their money on this doc. I bet the jury couldn’t maintain their attention during his testimony.
He’s driving me nuts with his ummm ughh every other word!
The family dynamics of being perfect academically caused this. Always expose your kids to failure. Teach them to embrace and learn through failure.
don’t know…first time i experience failing was at stanford. i was suddenly expose to intelligent students from all around the world. it was tough but i didn’t kill my parents. it was painful as well as humiliating failing a class and admitting that i am below average in intelligence.
@@emmyemmy8669 @YackBackatcha Emmy emmy...seriously doubt you are "below average" if you got into Stanford! But, point made, about the other. Killing your parents as a result of them not teaching you how to fail? Sorry, no excuse.
If she had mental issues her mom Brenda was educated to see it
Exactly
Denial isn't the same as delusional.
Edit: Again the way he is describing her, I'm still hearing: Perfectionist that was used to succeeding and couldn't handle failing for the first time. She lied and when caught in the lie pulled a Chandler Halderson. Nothing this psychiatrist described as precursors to her break stands out. In fact it's very common to have anxiety, test anxiety, negative self talk, and be overly critical, especially if you are a perfectionist used to succeeding. Feeling like a failure after failing out of school and it not being "compatible with how you saw yourself" is how everyone in that situations feels. Hanging out at the dorms after and all that nonsense was her trying to save face and avoid having to tell her parents. She was fully aware of reality, she just didn't like her reality and she lashed out when confronted with it. Her's hoping the jury sees through this bs.
Interesting how there’s no tear s when her defence psych is talking 🤔🤷♀️
Exactly.
She was trying to squeeze out a tear at the end 🙄
I am concerned for the grandparents and pray for their strength and protection.
If Brenda had been butchered by a stranger (so. with no bond of love/affection to her) the family would for sure recognize the brutal atrocity of the crime. They would seek the death penalty! In my view the murder is all the more atrocious because committed by her own daughter and for a motive that couldn't be more futile. What is taking place here is a shameful obstruction of justice!! And it's sickening and revolting to see this awful monster sitting there with written all over her ugly face that she's confident shes' gonna get away with it!
How is it that someone that apparently blacked out and now diagnosed with schizophrenia supposedly unaware of murdering her mother still managed to think of going outside to break the window in order to set the stage of a break and enter murder scenario, that she conveniently claimed took place, to the officers and family members?
It only took her 30 minutes in the last video of stuffing fingers and tissues into her eyes to actually cry. Real crying causes actions throughout the body and face and they do not just end, her fake crying ends in seconds when something gets her attention.
SO Untrue with being on anti-psychic medications looks like they upped them for this - for whatever reason actually THEY NUMB YOUR FEELINGS -- EMOTIONS - DEPAKOTE - LITHIUM - HALDOL - SEROQUEL -- AND MANY OTHERS - I'VE BEEN ON ALL OF THESE BUT HALDOL - MY DAD HAD SCHITZOPHRENIA -- I HAVE BIPOLAR - I'VE BEEN IN PSYCHOSIS - MANIC DEPRESSIVE EPISODES - ETC MY DAD TOO - OR PSYCHOTIC BREAK YOU CAN USE WHATEVER LINGO YOU WANT - WHERE I DIDN'T RECALL EVERYTHING I DID RAGING VIOLENT IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL - SUICIDAL ATTEMPTS SINCE I WAS 22 AND I AM 56 -- FULL BLOWN MANIA -- MY DAD DID TOO BUT HE HEARD VOICES AND SAW THINGS - WHY I DON'T HAVE SCHITZOPHRENIA -- ITS F'KING SCARY -- AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN IT COULD COME ON AND HOW FAST -- THUS WHY ITS SO IMPORTANT TO TAKE YOUR MEDS DAILY -- SHE WAS NOT ON MEDS IT WAS HER FIRST AND SHE ENDED UP MURDERING HER MOTHER -- SO SAD SO SO SAD -- PEOPLE COMMIT SUICIDE ALL THE TIME FROM THESE DISORDERS -- CAN NO LONGER TAKE THE MADNESS IN THEIR HEADS -- BEEN THERE ATTEMPTED IT MANY TIMES - ALL OF YOU THAT JUST WANT TO NOT BELIEVE HER DOCTOR'S ARE REALLY UNEDUCATED ABOUT THESE DISEASES - / DISORDERS -- YOU WOULD NEVER WANT TO LIVE LIKE WE DO -- ITS A SHAME THAT BECAUSE YOUR NOT EDUCATED YOU CAN SIT THERE AND JUDGE THIS YOUNG WOMAN -- DO YOU NOT THINK AFTER SHE WAS SHOWN / TOLD WHAT SHE DID SHE HAD TO BE EVEN OR SEDATED TO ACCEPT SHE MURDERED HER MOTHER -- WHAT THIS DOC IS SAYING IS SOOOOOOO TRUE ---
Yes l noticed 💯!!!
@@valeriefionda979 Stupidity with Mental Illness Is Dangerous!!!!!! People Understand Anxiety Or Depression but outside the Scope of those They Have NO CLUE --- Her eyes are probably sore - I don't see her being deceptive with anything with her eyes -- it's so Disgusting seeing people not having an open mind at all about a VERY DANGEROUS MENTAL DISEASE AS SCHITZOPHRENIA AND BIPOLAR DISORDER WHERE YOU HAVE EPISODES OF PSYCHOSIS DELUSIONS HALLUCINATIONS / NOT LIVING IN REALITY DUE TO STRESSORS IN YOUR BRAIN - I WISH I HAD THIS PSYCHOLOGIST --- !!!!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND A GOOD PSYCHOLOGIST HAVING BIPOLAR AS I DO AND SHITZOPHRENIA -- ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE -- PSYCHIATRIST GIVE YOU MEDS THAT STABLITIZE YOU BUT THEY HAVE TO BE CHANGED OFTEN BEAUSE ONE OR MORE MAY STOP WORKING - BRINGING ON AN EPISODE -- ITS LIKE COCKTAILS - OF ANI-PSYCHOTICS - CONSTANTLY -- ITS NOT A FUN LIFE AT ALL --- ITS HORRID
We can’t know how she’s feeling! She is living in a very difficult complicated and newly developed state of schizophrenia. My goodness people.
He’s assuming more than he actually knows about her. He’s a trial psych, that’s how he gets paid. I hope the jury sees through this guy
I believe she was insane at the time
I don't think any punishment could be as bad as the hell of schizophrenia.
It’s treatable. You can live a normal life with schizophrenia. There are definitely worse punishments
@@FizzleFrazleHaving your schizophrenia end up in probably the worst outcome possible is definitely a lifelong hell. A very similar thing happened to one of my family members. Tragic is an understatement.
It’s called no coping skills, that doesn’t make murder ok. She was so perfect, her feelings were hurt when she got kicked out & parents couldn’t fix it. Giving her the schizophrenia diagnosis is insulting to people who truly suffer mental illness.