此戲劇中的母親,不用懷疑就是得了心理疾病,可能就是患了 DSM-5 中「他為的人為障礙症」(Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another),此與先前較為人知的「代理孟喬森症候群」(Munchausen by Proxy) 為同一疾病,只是疾病演變而導致名稱不同(詳情請見先前個人先前寫過的人為障礙症的虛與實)。這一群人都是用偽造的方式,對他人造成身體或心理的症狀。
托爾斯泰說過一句話,「幸福的家庭都是相似的,不幸的家庭各有其不幸」(Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way)。若我們願意停下來聽聽這些家庭的困難之處,同理其困境,並提供恰當的社會資源與支持,或許可以慢慢減少兒童虐待之發生。
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