It is hard to really believe our brains can be wired to go off the handle like that. I mean, from all accounts the father seemed fairly normal. Kinda scary to think that in some/most/all (?) of us there is something that could trigger this kind of response.
It is unreal to even think that your brain would allow you to do something like stab your family and (presumably) slit your own wrists. How can the part of the brain that reasons out these kinds of decisions just turn off? Fascinating but very unsettling for sure. Did he sneak up on them? Did he just snap? Ugh, I don't know, I probably shouldn't even be thinking about it.
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