Dr. Bethany Marshall
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Yes, I did.
So it's the mother that goes, whoo, and then he kind of mimics the whoo.
In a less sharp tone or less elevated tone.
So I'm going to guess that this mother has a long history of trying to pump her son up to act normal in society.
So when she sees this image of him, I don't think it's as much of a shock as you and I might think.
I would guess, you know how parents know their children, that they've always known something is wrong and they're always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
She sees the image.
It's confirmed.
She calls dad.
Reality meets fantasy.
internal fearfulness.
And now she's the one who has to turn him in.
Maternal guilt, Nancy.
She's going to feel maternal guilt, not only that she turned him in, but that she gave birth to somebody who could have done this.
And she'll blame herself for having raised him in the wrong way.
Although we know these kinds of disorders are very biologically based.
It is not the parent's fault.
Okay.
Yes, this mother has her own lifetime sentence.
And obviously, I haven't met this guy.