I know I've had several days to get used to the idea that this is who they really are, but my main feeling now is sadness. That so many people thought they were helping them, and they weren't. That we don't know how to help some of the people involved in this. That sometimes we just have to drift away when a situation is beyond our control. I just... wish it hadn't turned out this way and I feel kind of like a 5-year-old who's shocked to discover the world isn't fair.

Yeah... we've been repeating over and over the last few days that it is possible to be both in dire straits AND cruel, to be both mentally unwell AND manipulative, that just because someone might be in a bad situation doesn't mean we are obligated to give them everything if it is unsafe to do so. And to be honest - I think we're saying it mostly because we need to hear it as much as anyone else.