What do you all know about the SNAPPED syndrome? Is it real?

Been hearing about this off and on in the news. Seems like there are more cases of it....is it communicable? Travel by......? Is it fatal? Is there a vaccination for it? Does the medical community now have a diagnosis for the A, fog and the like?

Just asking..... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" /> Then I have another question.....

L.

<small>[ January 10, 2005, 02:28 PM: Message edited by: Orchid ]</small>

sis,

Could you share w/ us what is snapped syndrome ?

-rh-

I have no clue what you are talking about ?

Is it as in "One day he just snapped, left me and the kids and took up with that hussy?"

or snapped as in PTSD or MLC ?

-rh-

I can't find any written internet articles but I did see it printed somewhere..... something about Andrea Yates and others who have either killed their children or spouses.... said something like she/he snapped and just killed them.

My question if this is true or even remotaly possible, how is this being handled by professionals of the mental health field? What general guidelines can be give to the general public so we know what to watch for?

The part that concerns me is for all the horror we read on these boards.....what is stopping our WS' from snapping all the way? I see that those who lose their powers of reason babble in such a scary manner that most of us would not feel safe in their environment yet many of us keep ourselves and our children, near such irrational ones....even putting our lives in their hands. Isn't this dangerous? If so, how can we get that message across to the BS and families?

IMHO, the gap between a WS in our sitches and the ones that kill or injure their spouses or children, is a thin line.... not a wide gap. This makes it even more critical that all BS be aware of the true situation.

JMHO,
L.

I've never heard of this, but my rubber band has been stretched to far for a while now, so I don't discount it.

-Caren

Gosh, is that what used to be known as a crime of passion? Or are we verging into criminally insane?

Once again, a way to make people unaccountable for their actions.

OK, Orchid,

'fess up...is this you, casting bait for something? LOL!

I tried a google search and came up empty!

So, go ahead, drop it on us!

ISG,

I did a yahoo and google search also but I have seen this mentioned about 3 times this past week on at least 2 different cases. Not sure if it is real or not.....that's why I'm asking.... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />

Maybe it is PSTD like RH suggested. If so....that w/b scary. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" />

L.

I really have no idea how to medically explain it but I do think it is possible. I think it is something to think about though..

From personal experience I wouldn't put it past my WH to 'snap' in his current state of mind. That is the ONE reason why I do not encourage him to visit with the kids, and I am happyt hat he he chooses not to, for now.

Danielle

I considered "snapping" at work today ... but I thought I would get fired if I did ... so I took control of myself. I "napped" instead .... that's like snapping without the s.

Really Orchid, I do think I SNAPPED one day after D-Day ... I kicked the Christmas tree apart with all the ornaments on it and I punched my H in the mouth... it was like a flash of darkness came over me and I was removed from my body which was moving on it's own will.... not an excuse at all, but it was really weird to be so physically angry to the point of violence. I left the house for 4 days because I did not have the sense that I would NOT hit him again.

<img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> Pep

Wow, well look at this.

Oxygen channel actually has a program called "Snapped" about women who kill! YIKES!

Snapped

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by ISGirl:
<strong> Wow, well look at this.

Oxygen channel actually has a program called "Snapped" about women who kill! YIKES!

Snapped </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Ok, that's one of the places I saw.... but in reality not only women snap but men do also..... both genders snap.... my question still stands as how to identify it and protect ourselves from it?

Should this be a concern for BS' in general? How dangerous can our WS' get anyway? Can BS snap also? I believe we can.....some have but it seems that WS snap more often.

L.

I went on psychology today's website and entered snapped syndrome, it pulled up 2 articles, one was about psychopathicpredators and the other concerned romantic jealousy, coincidence?? LOL

In any event the article on romantic jealousy was interesting, check it out.

Romantic Jealousy

-Caren

Oh I've snapped before too....well it's what I call snapping....when I beat the living crap out of my husband. I didn't feel like I was in control of myself when I did it, it was really freaky. I'd been drinking at the time, and had shoved so many emotions down......I just went totally ballistic. I honestly wasn't able to stop hitting him once I started, thankfully the bouncer at the bar pulled me off of him.

-Caren

I hink the Yates is about untreated post-partum depression.

SH has a giver snapped term. It is basically when one spouse gives way too much and snapped. They become a taker or WS.

How to identify 'em ? ... listen, listen, listen to complaint about you from your SO. If SO feels that way, you have resolve it. The complaint might be not true or out of place, you still have to resolve it. The biggest problem is also when SO is quiet and not communicating the build ups.

This is also crucial w/ Plan B. BS needs to protect 'em self from snapping after doing plan A. Or In recovery. When BS takes unrepentant WS back and WS dragging their feet in the name of withdrawal and not fillin BS's ENs.

-rh-

Thanks for starting this thread Orchid. It is very timely for me. I will be reading. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

It's interesting that Giver's Snap is also mentioned on the same thread as Snapping. Do you think the kind of Snap that Orchid brought up is the opposite of Giver's Snap? Would that also make the causes of both types of Snaps opposite too?

There was a time I thought I might have suffered Giver's Snap. I could find only a little info about what Giver's Snap is and I found ZERO info on what to do if you already had it. According to redhat, the result of Giver's Snap would be to have an Affair or become a Taker and neither of those things resulted for me. If it wasn't Giver's Snap, I wonder what it really was?

Well this SNAP theory sounds kind of like the twinkie defense to me.

Of course I have on occasion gone ballisitc and post d-day I had evil thoughts but to snap and kill actually someone???? No way. Those gawd awful prison orange jumpsuits were always in the back of my mind.

I don`t think you go over the edge unless you want to.

A long time ago, back when the Internet was in it's infancy, a terrible thing happened in the town we lived in. In one of the more affluent neighborhoods, a married woman began having an on-line affair with another man. One night, she told her husband she was leaving him for the OM. The husband "snapped" and stabbed her to death in front of their children. A friend of mine was a fire fighter who was called to the scene. He said it was one of the most horrible things he'd ever seen.

I wonder if it's mostly BS that snap and not WS...