The whole thing just seems really childish though. Like she didn’t just want to disappear, she wanted to be looked for. It reminds me of being an angsty depressed teen who kept getting in trouble. Like I kept making bad decisions and feeling judged by the people I loved and I would fantasize about like going missing or hurting myself so that everyone would be so glad I was okay that they would forget all my mistakes. I feel like Carlee was in that mindset because if she just wanted to disappear and be away from the people she couldn’t face, why would she stage this whole abduction and be looking into ways to ensure there was an amber alert for her? Like i feel you in that I can kind of relate to her and she reminds me of myself, but she reminds me of myself when I was an angsty dramatic teen, not me when I was a 25-year-old adult. It’s just childish for a 25-year-old to think in such dramatic, black and white ways like the only options are killing yourself or staging an abduction. Like girl you’re an adult you can just get a therapist and get on some prozac or some shit. Own up to your shit and dump your raggedy boyfriend. Lots of people in worse situations than hers have done so. But also even if she doesn’t get into legal trouble over this, I think the amount of backlash she’s facing will be enough. Imagine staging a disappearance because you’re scared of being judged for stealing from your job and flunking out of school, only to then be judged for carrying out an abduction hoax that got national media attention /public involvement. She really just took her problems from bad to exponentially worse. And there’s still this scenario in my mind that now every time a Black woman/girl is abducted the cops and the media will be like “is it just a Carlee Russel case?” Like her case got so much attention when so many missing Black women and girls don’t get any attention, and I’m just scared that now her case is going to represent all of those cases in the eyes of law enforcement and the media. Sorry for the long comment. I liked your video and I appreciate the perspective. But i’m still just like…yes I’m glad Carlee didn’t actually hurt herself, that would be tragic. Yes, if staging an abduction or killing herself were the only two options, I would rather she stage an abduction. But really she just needed to grow tf up and realize that she’s acting like a dramatic, self-absorbed teenager and those aren’t the only two options.
You are so right this does remind me of a teenager being dramatic, I definitely thought stuff like that when I was young. She really needs a therapist, I hope she’s talking to someone now but like you said … we will be taken as a joke. I hear people mocking situations already based off of what Carlee did, my supervisor just said to me yesterday: “oh no, must be another Carlee you know how you young women are.” when somebody called out because of her illness or something of that nature. 🤦🏽♀️ it’s embarrassing and making us all look bad. It’s great to see what we can do when we come together but it’s VERY unfortunate that we came together for a dishonest individual. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it. I love the length it gave me good feedback on my thoughts and you gave your own. Thank you so much for watching! 🫶🏾
The whole thing just seems really childish though. Like she didn’t just want to disappear, she wanted to be looked for. It reminds me of being an angsty depressed teen who kept getting in trouble. Like I kept making bad decisions and feeling judged by the people I loved and I would fantasize about like going missing or hurting myself so that everyone would be so glad I was okay that they would forget all my mistakes. I feel like Carlee was in that mindset because if she just wanted to disappear and be away from the people she couldn’t face, why would she stage this whole abduction and be looking into ways to ensure there was an amber alert for her? Like i feel you in that I can kind of relate to her and she reminds me of myself, but she reminds me of myself when I was an angsty dramatic teen, not me when I was a 25-year-old adult. It’s just childish for a 25-year-old to think in such dramatic, black and white ways like the only options are killing yourself or staging an abduction. Like girl you’re an adult you can just get a therapist and get on some prozac or some shit. Own up to your shit and dump your raggedy boyfriend. Lots of people in worse situations than hers have done so.
But also even if she doesn’t get into legal trouble over this, I think the amount of backlash she’s facing will be enough. Imagine staging a disappearance because you’re scared of being judged for stealing from your job and flunking out of school, only to then be judged for carrying out an abduction hoax that got national media attention /public involvement. She really just took her problems from bad to exponentially worse.
And there’s still this scenario in my mind that now every time a Black woman/girl is abducted the cops and the media will be like “is it just a Carlee Russel case?” Like her case got so much attention when so many missing Black women and girls don’t get any attention, and I’m just scared that now her case is going to represent all of those cases in the eyes of law enforcement and the media.
Sorry for the long comment. I liked your video and I appreciate the perspective. But i’m still just like…yes I’m glad Carlee didn’t actually hurt herself, that would be tragic. Yes, if staging an abduction or killing herself were the only two options, I would rather she stage an abduction. But really she just needed to grow tf up and realize that she’s acting like a dramatic, self-absorbed teenager and those aren’t the only two options.
You are so right this does remind me of a teenager being dramatic, I definitely thought stuff like that when I was young. She really needs a therapist, I hope she’s talking to someone now but like you said … we will be taken as a joke. I hear people mocking situations already based off of what Carlee did, my supervisor just said to me yesterday: “oh no, must be another Carlee you know how you young women are.” when somebody called out because of her illness or something of that nature. 🤦🏽♀️ it’s embarrassing and making us all look bad. It’s great to see what we can do when we come together but it’s VERY unfortunate that we came together for a dishonest individual. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it. I love the length it gave me good feedback on my thoughts and you gave your own. Thank you so much for watching! 🫶🏾