Re: Re: Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos

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I just watched a 7 minute snippet of her on youtube and it was enough to

give me the creeps. The way she kind of ranted & raved at the end of it...

it was a lot like nada would over stupid stuff like crumbs on the counter or

whatever was pissing her off that day. Always struck terror into my heart

because it would often escalate into physical or verbal abuse.

Gotta say, I would like to see the documentaries... maybe I'm a glutton for

punishment, but I do get the strong feeling that this woman was bpd.

According to wikipedia, her original defense lawyers said she was.

Mia

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:58 AM, anuria67854 wrote:

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> I've only seen one of the two documentaries, " Aileen: Life and Death of a

> Serial Killer " . The other one is " Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial

> Killer " and I've not seen the film " Monster " (with Charlize Theron) that is

> based on AW's life story.

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> I had lots of jolting moments when I watched the one documentary, a kind of

> heart-stopping *gasp* when she'd become very intense and her eyes looked

> so... blank yet enraged at the same time. Very disconcerting for me.

>

> I advise that the documentaries can be triggering for those who had enraged

> nadas who were physically abusive; some of my reactions were probably due to

> ptsd-type stored memories. I guess. I haven't seen " Monster " so I don't know

> if that's equally triggering.

>

> And I agree with you, in the interviews of Aileen, it sure seemed to me

> that she exhibited at least some bpd behaviors, such as cognitive

> distortion: she blamed the police for " turning her into a serial killer " . I

> don't believe she expressed any feelings of remorse at any point; she felt

> justified in what she did and saw herself as a victim. In at least one of

> the interviews, she also changed moods in an instant, from rather calm and

> neutral to a hostile verbal attack against the documentary-maker in the

> blink of an eye. Scary.

>

> Although AW was one of those bpds who suffered an unspeakably abusive

> childhood/teenhood, still, as an adult, sadly she chose to become an abuser

> herself, and a killer. Its truly tragic when a former child- abuse victim

> does not have what it takes to stop perpetuating the cycle of abuse and

> destruction by voluntarily seeking treatment. That is the tragedy of

> personality disorder; they hemorrhage the damage they received and the pain

> they feel onto others until everyone around them is a bloody mess, too.

>

> -Annie

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> >

> > Has anyone seen the documentaries on her? The doctors that exam her

> always find her competent, but in watching the documentaries, she looks like

> she has borderline personality disorder (and probably paranoid personality

> disorder) quite severely. It's another example of how so little research and

> treatment available on BPD can be detrimental to people in so many ways.

> >

> > I know that this is the case of one woman, but she could act clearly sane

> yet have distorted perspectives on reality, delusions, paranoia, and violent

> reactions to minor disagreements that, in her case, ended in murder. I don't

> condone her actions, of course, but she has all the signs.

> >

> > It just makes me sad how many lives are wasted to BPD. It's so

> incapacitating in so many ways.

> >

> > At the same time, I wouldn't welcome a serial killer into my home.

> >

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I just watched the first documentary. I'm not going to lie... I do feel bad

for her. I still think she was likely BPD but dear god... look at what

those people were doing to her? Her " mother " and the lawyer... I kept

thinking " they're in it for the money " and then at the end they finally get

the interview with her... she saw it too. I think quite obviously the

director did as well. When the " mother " said she never received the

money... what?? We saw it on film, granted... we saw them give it to the

lawyer, but she did the interview after that. It was, IMO, about the money.

Not because they cared about Aileen at all.

I'm in no way excusing what she did. She killed 7 men. But she was just

sort of thrown away her whole life. Someone else here said they thought she

was never meant for this world... no kidding. Was she a product of all the

crap she had to live with?

I guess that's the PTSD part of me speaking too... I know what it's like to

continuously give love and not receive it back. And yep, my heart does

break for that part of her. I admit, I actually cried.

She was never even given a chance in life. It's really sad. Like I said,

she's still IMO BPD & still killed 7 people, but sheesh. I think it would

be inhuman not to feel some kind of sadness for the woman.

Oy.

I plan to watch the other documentary tomorrow/today. For now, it's bed

time... at 6am lol. That's the problem with napping so much, my sleep

schedule is all kinds of screwy.

Mia