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[-] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago

There's a wiki article on the subject of nurses who kill their patients. It contains some general speculation on motivations.

The motivation for this type of criminal behaviour is variable, but generally falls into one or more types or patterns:[4]

Mercy killer: Believe the victims are suffering or beyond help, though this belief may be delusional.
Sadistic: Use their position as a way of exerting power and control over helpless victims.
Malignant hero: A pattern wherein the subject endangers the victim's life in some way and then proceeds to "save" them. Some feign attempting resuscitation, all the while knowing their victim is already dead and beyond help, but hope to be seen as selflessly making an effort.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

None of them seem to fit here. A mercy killer would only work if she views the world as so bad that she spares the babies the suffering in growing up inside of it, but she seems to acknowledge that she's a terrible person. This fact also makes me want to cross out the sadistic one, because I feel a sadistic sociopath wouldn't end up feeling remorse. And from what I can tell she didn't try to be the hero either, not even sure you can with some of the ways she chose to kill them. Could maybe some sort of compulsion or deeper mental issues, like hearing voices or something. There's definitely something very wrong with her.

[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sadists can feel disgust about their actions after the fact so I’d say that category fits in this instance.

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