Disturbing Reddit Posts #8 | r/RBI Edition

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[the-dan-signal]

Being labeled psychotic is so hard for people with that label, and tbh I think there’s a chance that the OP in the first story may not have even been psychotic, but was suffering from PTSD from being sexually assaulted at such a young age. The thought that she was put on antipsychotics because no one would believe her when she said certain traumatic things happened to her is absolutely infuriating, and being on antipsychotics when they don’t need it, especially at such a young age, is so detrimental to mental development.

[offlinegirl]

Idk if you've heard but the phrase "stalk a schizophrenic girl because no one will belive her" but it seems its true, unfortunately...

[entroponaut]

The second story reminded me of how a friend of mine had her childhood best friend be super obsessed and nosy with her baby, always begging for daily pictures, asking about her health, food habits, insisted on babysitting, etc. She eventually kidnapped her for a day when my friend was desperate for a babysitter and finally gave in. Turns out she wasn't obsessed with her, but with her ex to whom she was lying about having been pregnant and pretending for months they had a baby, taking her to meet his family the day she kidnapped her, and eventually faking her death, which is where he and his fiancé realized no baby or certificate was registered to the baby's name. It was a crazy story I didn't hear until a few friends made her retell it, but she's healed from the shock and the girl is now 8, glad this great kid can't remember a thing from that. Not sure if she knows about it tho.

[jl]

On the second story, when the friend asked if the baby was adopted, i immediately thought that the person maybe recently had a child and put it up for adoption and thought their baby looked like his.

[ectopasta]

As a KC resident....not shocked that the police were incredibly unhelpful. The police force here sucks.

[vhs]

My sibling is in their late 20s and autistic. They don't want to have kids of their own, but they love being involved in the lives of kids around them. It's to the point that they'll buy/make presents for kids they barely have a connection to, like the nephew of a friend. I know they don't have any ill intent behind it, I think they just want to make a kid happy and it makes them happy to do it. That said, if I was the parent of one of these kids, I know I'd find it to be a huge overstep and I might not want them around my child.

Not saying the creepy friend in that story DOESN'T have bad intentions, I couldn't know.

[lumphao]

LET'S INVESTIGHÆT 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

edit: hori focken shet i did not expect this comment to blow up quickly

[faustianspirit]

The *"Ask A Rapist"* thread deserves its own video. The fact THAT was an actual thing still boggles my mind.

Jesus Christ Reddit indeed.

[Alzsterr]

Re: the second story- depending on what medical interventions this person has had it’s possible that he is infertile. He might really want to be a parent and be excited about roleplaying parenting by helping to care for someone else’s child. Maybe he asked about adoption because he hopes to adopt one day. Maybe he does not have any family in the area because it is very common for trans people to be estranged from their families. Maybe he lied about the summer camp thing because he knows he is being weird and got self conscious about it. I don’t like that talking to the person in question was never considered as an option. Like, yeah, it’s possible that he wanted to steal this baby but it’s way more likely he is just struggling with personal stuff and got a little too emotionally attached.

[aubreymorgan]

sadly the first one she herself may not even know what is true or what is a delusion, but the stalking still could be real, she'll need more evidence of course. she sounds like she doesn't trust herself either and depending on the condition it could be compounding things. I hope OP is safe and well.

[Pancakeseveryone]

There's always a comment about how The Internet Investigator says "let's investigate", but let's have some love for how she says "quote"

[MyMissingPeace]

The Kyle Dunivan one has been unfortunately solved to the point that they identified his remains.
RIP Kyle 🩵🩵

[lesliemartin]

Kyle's story reminds me so much of Brandon Lawson. Their stories are so similar from their 911 calls, possible psychosis and not being able to determine cause of death. I feel terrible for the families.

[Paperwormsnd]

The story with the person being obsessed with the baby... why do they just not simply ask the person, instead of making a whole reddit post about it? That would be the easy way to find out, instead of chasing after wild and sinister theories.

[KiwiTheRetroGal]

I think it's horrifying and frankly repulsive that someone's childhood is so tragic that most people think it's all made up. There are children going through much worse as I type this, and it's disgusting to point at anybody who has the courage to share the horrors they've been through and say "You made this up."

[CometMothman]

This first story, absolutely Horrifying and disgusting how they (assumingly) made a 10 year old OP give birth to an adult mans child.
People denying her story because of the saddening things that happened to her is horrible. Not everybody lives perfectly or has a single traumatic event, just because somebody has been through so much trauma doesn't mean they are automatically faking everything.
Even if the story is a stretch she could be misremembering things or changing some things up so people don't find where she lives or who she is. God know I don't remember every tiny bit of my trauma and/or life...

[BettiePagan]

1st story: Idk if anyone else picked this up, but in her first updates on the post she indicates “NZST” or New Zealand standard time. This is where I was born & raised myself, and I (25 F) would truly like to offer them any additional support if we are around the same area. My own father dropped out of school at 15/16 (around 1988) to become a fully qualified mechanic thru apprenticeship.
Our secondary schooling is typically 5 years, year 9-13 (sometimes year 7-8 also in smaller areas). Typically in year 11 at age 15/16 we begin NCEA level 1, and complete NCEA level 3/university entrance in year 13 (age 17/18).
Due to OP’s traumatic past, it is entirely possible that she dropped out of secondary school before beginning NCEA qualifications. 2020 moved a lot of schooling online, so to complete 3 years of qualifications in 2 years of online schooling (2020-2021) is entirely plausible. I personally knew someone who dropped out & completed all their NCEA credits/quals to the bare minimum by age 16/17, then trialled university/polytech but didn’t enjoy it so dropped out of that too. Mechanics is an official NCEA course subject (whether they call it that I’m not sure, I did art stuff lol), and the secondary school I attended (in a very fast growing city, ~2000 students when I attended 2012-2016) had a fully fitted workshop for students to complete their assessments & had a “career pathways office” that would help people struggling with NCEA or not wanting to go through to university to find (mostly trade or tourism related) apprenticeships & appropriate tertiary courses to set them up just as well as those aiming for Level 3 University Entrance. I hope explaining this helps to make more sense.
I don’t wish to turn this into an identity discussion, but in this country we have many (mostly) Māori & Pasifika whom come from disadvantaged & impoverished backgrounds with generational trauma, DV, substance abuse, & gang affiliation, thus this puts many of our children in a position where these outside factors overwhelm their ability & quality of education. So we have many considerations & supports for younger people of any ethnicity who stumble upon hardship during education, to help assert independence & authority over their lives and provide a strong skill set for entering the workforce and/or becoming independent from a troubling background.
With this understanding of how things work a little differently in NZ, OP’s story & timeline is entirely plausible to me. The thing that indicated a lot of credibility to me (as someone who also has a history of mental health issues) was that OP is able to consider “all this stuff with Charles might be in my head, maybe anti-psychotics will help with these symptoms” and is very thorough in confirming Charles is actually real—to me this indicates an ability to rationalise one’s MH rather well & it sounds like they are fortunate to have a very good therapist helping them unpack their past/symptoms etc, as they seem incredibly cognisant for a 17-year-old with such an awful past (also likely because they were forced to grow up very fast). It makes me upset to read some of the (Reddit) comments trying to “debunk” OP’s reality, they are very harsh & only seem to know about 5 countries other than the USA lol.

[cecilross]

ooh this is a good one!

The first story, I'd assume it's part illness and part truth since they've seemingly gotten pics of the lawncare guy looking in their windows. Sounds like maybe these creeps over the years ARE separate guys, and it's more of a delusion that it's the same guy following her. BUT there IS A REAL CREEP ACTIVELY STALKING HER. It's truly awful that she needs to push so hard for people to believe her.

The second story I actually posted a comment on the post since it's new and this idea didn't come up:
I wonder if maybe the friend thinks you or your husband is also trans for some reason? This would explain the question about adoption, them feeling more connected with your family than others, AND even them being nervous when you were gone. Possibly a long shot, but if they knew another trans person with a baby (or had their own), maybe they're just eager to help out people in a new situation they've been through. They may be so vigilant about being around you for thinking you're the only queer (ie, safe) people around, or even to make sure of YOUR safety, like when you were gone from church. This would also explain them making up how they met your family, if they somehow believe you met online or in a trans support group, they wouldn't want to "out you".

This is just one of many many theories on an interesting and scary situation. No matter what, please be cautious and do everything that is best for your family.

I absolutely don't discount that it's weird as hell, and the scary theories are possible and have happened before, but it's also unlikely this person's gonna murder their new friend or something.

[kzrouqq]

2nd one. wonder if the man thought that the husband was someone else and got excited that the person he thought was his friend had a child and could communicate with. seems strange but if the guy has communication issues or such it might not be as strange. they should just want to try and communicate with people and the baby was an easy topic to use, especially if the baby isn't overactive since the man might struggle to understand the kid. the man might have a metal or communication disability and doesn't understand social interactions or how to reconnect with or ask if someone was a person they knew.

with the adoption question chances are that they are adopted and might of thought it was a good conversation started but with failing not sure what to do.

[Evan.]

The story about the guy being overly interested in OPs baby is the weirdest shit ever. Makes my skin crawl that this guy even had a folder of their child on his phone