Gypsy Rose Blanchard

So one day I could say, I don't feel like we should categorize her that way.

And the other day I'm still healing.

So I'm like, she was terrible.

And I talk a lot of crap, but at the end of the day, I think, you know, taking my emotions out of it and just working on facts alone is

I think that my mom grew up in a time where mental health was not talked about.

It was not addressed, things whenever it comes to your emotions and your mental health was just swept under the rug.

So I think it's so vastly important for people to recognize that individuals like this are normally people with low self-esteem

And I feel like given support and therapy and the acknowledgement that this is an issue that they have, it could be addressed and possibly treated.

You know, I feel like they're not monsters anymore.

And I asked you this question, you know, last year, whenever we got to have our chat, I asked you because it was a question that plagued me for so long.

Was my mother aware that what she was doing was wrong?

And you told me that, yes, she was aware.

And of course, I went through my own emotions after that call.

But that is something that is hard for survivors.

It's a hard pill to swallow.

And it's something that, no, we can't sweep under the rug that they are, you know, they are

aware of it, but maybe, maybe you can correct me, is it something that they cannot control and then their, their for therapy needs to be the intervention?

Because I think that, you know, these people are humans, whether their actions are wrong or right or, or justified, not justified, they are humans and they are someone's loved one.

You know, they are someone's mother, they're someone's father, they're someone's caregiver, they're someone to someone, right?

And I know that sounds rich coming from me, but it's just part of it.