Huw Edwards #16

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Is he claiming mental health issues like depression or because he believes the depression he’s felt in the past (a number of years I remember before his crimes were exposed) is responsible and he wasn’t thinking rationally? Or because he came from a strict upbringing he couldn’t be who he truly was and had to suppress his sexuality? Or is he saying that despite doing these things people should be more forgiving as he sufferers mental health issues. He hasn’t properly explained. He just throws the ‘be kind’ message out there. Not that it really matters tbh but be interesting to see where he’s coming from.
Personally I get angry that he uses mental health/ depression as a ‘poor me’. I have suffered numerous breakdowns, PND and long periods of depression yet not once have I felt the need to download repulsive criminal images. His lack of remorse is staggering and further insult to his victims!
A lot of the worst men I've known (including sexual predators) have blamed their depression. But I don't believe it's real depression like other people have, or that it's a cause of their behaviour. I think they are "depressed" because they are narcissists, and their own behaviour depresses them, because they are delusionally desperate to believe that they are wonderful people. And at some level, they know that they are a paedophile, which is one of the worst things to be. Having to face the thought that they are not the wonderful special person they tell themselves, is a constant horror for them.

I saw interviewers talk about Rolf Harris who said they saw he was full of self loathing.

It's not a cause of their behaviour, it's a consequence.
 
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A lot of the worst men I've known (including sexual predators) have blamed their depression. But I don't believe it's real depression like other people have, or that it's a cause of their behaviour. I think they are "depressed" because they are narcissists, and their own behaviour depresses them, because they are delusionally desperate to believe that they are wonderful people. And at some level, they know that they are a paedophile, which is one of the worst things to be. Having to face the thought that they are not the wonderful special person they tell themselves, is a constant horror for them.

I saw interviewers talk about Rolf Harris who said they saw he was full of self loathing.

It's not a cause of their behaviour, it's a consequence.
Yes I've known people like this too who deal with "anxiety". But it isn't anxiety, it's shame.
 
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It’s interesting how many men turn to watching children being grape when they’re depressed. And how few women do
 
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