alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoUK Nurse Lucy Letby guilty of murdering seven babies at Chester Hospitalwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1413arrow-down1external-linkUK Nurse Lucy Letby guilty of murdering seven babies at Chester Hospitalwww.bbc.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square126fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarehactar42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 months agoThe only thing I can even think is some super fucked up case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. That or just pure evil.
minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoMunchausen by proxy usually involves wanting attention from the resulting illness. Aka “look at me, I’m taking care of this sick child, poor me.” They usually don’t want to kill the victim because keeping them alive but sick is their goal.
minus-squareUrbanfox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoThis person did seem to pull the “woe is me” threads in her text messages to other colleagues, apparently seeking out sympathy. Also, if they’ve got nothing but sick kids, then a death or near death is the next step up to garner sympathy because the status quo is sick kids. This may be a good guess to why she might have done it.
The only thing I can even think is some super fucked up case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. That or just pure evil.
Munchausen by proxy usually involves wanting attention from the resulting illness. Aka “look at me, I’m taking care of this sick child, poor me.” They usually don’t want to kill the victim because keeping them alive but sick is their goal.
This person did seem to pull the “woe is me” threads in her text messages to other colleagues, apparently seeking out sympathy.
Also, if they’ve got nothing but sick kids, then a death or near death is the next step up to garner sympathy because the status quo is sick kids.
This may be a good guess to why she might have done it.