Lindsay Clancy Made Every Mother Think This About Herself

The Lindsay Clancy trial presented two readings of the same set of facts. The prosecution said she acted deliberately and understood what she was doing. The defense said postpartum psychosis hijacked her brain and she was incapable of appreciating the wrongfulness of her actions. The jury deliberated for thirty-eight hours and couldn't agree.

The public is having the same argument with less information and more certainty. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott says the fury, the side-taking, and the demand for a clean answer all trace back to a biological truth most people are unwilling to confront: severe postpartum psychosis is a real medical event that can happen to a person with no history of violence.

Scott explains what the word "monster" does psychologically when applied to a case like this — and who it's actually protecting. Why the public distinguishes between a heart attack causing a fatal car crash and a brain illness causing a catastrophe. What it means when mothers watching the trial recognize something in Lindsay's story they've carried in silence.

And the clinical bottom line: when the loudest public message is that compassion for a mentally ill mother makes you dangerous, the next mother in crisis gets the message too.

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