It’s such an interesting story because in a terrible way, breaks free.
I think she would have taken it to the point of mentally incapacitating her so that all the world would know she’s mentally disabled and now I need to care for her for the rest of her life. So she’s doing what she thinks she needs to do for her survival. I would love to have read a journal of Camile’s, but she wasn’t the type of person who would do that. People who do crimes against humanity usually don’t think they are. People who are racist don’t think they’re racist. MGH: Emily said this earlier, and it’s true: People who are sick like this don’t think they’re sick. There’s no protocol for it and no system in place to help people with this syndrome or to help doctors help people. I think there are a lot of people living with this syndrome and doctors don’t know how to deal with it. And I really believe the only reason we really know about this case is because it ended in a murder and ended in violence. Glamour: How much research did you do into what actually happened?ĮS: And happens. You see these kinds of cases and think, I know what’s going on here, or I know exactly what I would have done if I was in their shoes.
ES: It made me think about perspective and love in a really different way and question a lot of things.
