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A Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her classmate to please horror character Slender Man more than a decade ago asked a judge again Friday to release her from a psychiatric hospital.

Morgan Geyser, who is now 22 years old, filed a petition with Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren seeking her release from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. The petition marks the third time in the last two years she has asked Bohren to let her out of the facility. 

She withdrew her first petition two months after filing it in 2022. Bohren denied her second request this past April, saying she remains a risk to the public.

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[-] stoly@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago

Sure you can. Every psychopath, sociopath, narcissist was that when they were 12. They went on to do bad things later. What makes this person unusual is the lack of impulse control.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nowhere near every sociopath goes on to do bad things. Most of them are normal people living among us.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's notable that there was a story roughly 15 years ago about a psychology researcher who put people into MRIs to scan their brains. He found out that psychopaths have different development than the general public. He put himself in for funsies and found that he has the same structural issues. When he asked his family about it, they confirmed that they had always known he was a psychopath.

To your point, you can absolutely be a functional member of society with one of these disorders, but the likelihood that you can't be is also heavily increased.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee -3 points 1 month ago

Doing bad things and getting away with it.

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Saying every psycopath was like that when he was 12 is not the same as saying every 12 year old with psychopathic behaviours went on to do bad things.

This girl went on to have a normal life after getting treated, for example: https://youtu.be/UNMUFlpIero

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