Dr. Stuart Kleinman (Forensic Psychiatrist)
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Altered mental states, which are of such magnitude that a person has little or no awareness of their behavior, are very, very uncommon.
So it's very reasonable to conclude this person acted out their rage and told lies about it afterwards.
If someone after a crime engages in behavior which suggests an effort to cover it up, then that would not be consistent with amnesia. If you didn't remember what had happened, what's the need to cover up something?
It takes a certain kind of person with great chutzpah to go on national television and tell a big lie to the entire world.
If a person has an intense need for something and a clear, consistent boundary is put up by another individual, that will probably help both of those individuals. And ultimately, if that need is never going to really be satisfied, create an intense level of rage.