Gypsy Rose Blanchard

And so, yes, there were many times that I probably could have ran away.

I did attempt twice, failed attempts.

There were times that I could have called the police, but was too afraid to.

But at the end of the day, I do feel like even though I was an adult myself,

I was working with a maturity level that was not up to date with my chronological age.

So, yes, I was 24 when I got arrested.

But mentally and emotionally, my development was stunted.

So I could have been, you know, a teenager in that mind frame already.

because of zero life experience.

Most people mature and grow with what?

Life experience.

So if you don't have that as your foundation, you're not working up to date with your age, I guess.

And you don't think about these alternatives.

And so for me, I just kind of wish that I would have had the

The language to say, hey, I think my mom has Munchausen by proxy.

I wish I would have heard of it back then so I could have told someone.

But again, it's kind of like hindsight 2020 and I can't go back now.

So it's just...

That could have been intervention, such as, you know, my mother claimed that I was homeschooled.

And as a small, small child, yes, she did homeschool me for a small time.