I have encountered a person who has really shaken me up, a woman, maybe late 20’s. People say she is “insane”. And I have seen her try to steal things from people and try to get people to take sides and to start physical fights between men. They say she collects garbage.
This person is totally gone. I can’t see psychotherapy being effective on her, even as it is intended to. I doubt that she would remember what she had said 10 minutes before. Only interest she would have is if she could get psych drugs, or money for street drugs.
So you can see that the probability is that they would put her on psych drugs. It makes it easier for police, paramedics, and psych hold ward techs to deal with her.
But I still don’t think this is right. She was not born that way. “Insane” is just a common term. It does not actually mean mental illness, not in today's lexicon.
So psychotherapy would not work, and I am opposed to psychotherapy anyway. Over some things they could incarcerate her, but such still requires evidence, where as the drugs do not. Don’t have to resolve any he said she said stuff. Just give her the drugs, and convince her that they are good for her. And as I have seen, most of those on them readily accept this idea. The psych drugs, from my view, have the same sort of appeal as street drugs and alcohol.
Should have interventions at earlier ages.
In J. K. Rolling’s novel “A Casual Vacancy” they follow a girl from age 6 to 16, who is really difficult. They do try to work with her in the school system though. Its not drugs and it is not really psychotherapy. Its just school counselors. And then one guy has gotten her onto the girl’s rowing team. Seems to be doing well with that. Earlier intervention into the home scene with the drug addicted mother would have helped. But this does not mean that the mother should be exonerated financially, though I think she has nothing.
This one 16yo old girl and her history are having a huge effect on the town's politics. They see her as emblematic of the children of low income people, and so they want to keep such out of their town’s school system. Earlier intervention and resources would have helped. But to me this does not mean Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, or Psychiatric narcotics.
I think about some of the more off-the-hook girls at our local strip clubs. Some of them do have a visceral appeal which is extreme. But some of them I could see as being nuts like this, really problematic, too dangerous to engage with outside the strip club, or like to drive around in your car or spend times with.
Some of them have been really interesting. But some of them also quite concerning.
SJG
This girl sounds like she might be perfect for you. But does she like gravy? How about goats?