Jane your post from 2013 - can you remember where you got the info from?
Alias, if we look at the 18 weeks between her leaving St Andrews and her death at WHF, we find thad her hopes of being reconciled to her divorced husband came to nothing, her hopes of being reconciled to and forming a relationship with her biological mother came to nothing and in her mind it may have looked as if she was going to have to return to WHF permanently with two children she suspected of wanting to rape or kill her, a feeling probably exacerbated by the inbalance of meds that had not been checked on.
Dr Ferguson had said in a report that his prognosis for her future WAS NOT GOOD, in part because she would stop taking meds and fail to attend follow up appointments. It seems to me that Sheila was in a particularly bad place and the doctors prognosis was being fulfilled faster than he imagined.
I also think I read that Colin said if she had not died they may have had something of more of a family life - so I suppose you can read what you want into that.
Jan, No, I don't remember, but after two years, it's satisfying to know, that although I've "swapped sides," I don't feel any inclination to change what I said.
I wouldn't suppose that you're disputing what Dr Ferguson said of her so I think you are -possibly?- questioning my assessment of her. By way of -hopeful- explanation, I neither pulled it out of the ether nor used a ouija board. It was formed by a mix of her background story and her behaviours at the time -the latter being conveyed by what Colin said- her silence during the journey to WHF speaking far more eloquently than her words may have. I didn't need to be a super sleuth to form an opinion of what the silence was about. There aren't SO many reasons for silence and once the non starters -sore throat/tiredness- were eliminated, I was left with what she was feeling. Joy, contentment and serenity weren't top of the list. Could she have been feeling so angry that had she opened her mouth she'd have exploded. I don't believe so. I thought THEN and believe NOW that she was experiencing utter hopelessness, was deeply depressed. In the short term, I feel she may have thought there was little to look forward to. In the long term, I'm convinced she felt there was nothing to look forward too.
