Morgan Ingram’s Parents and Accused on Dr. Phil

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Dr. Phil had on the story of Morgan Ingram. Morgan was found dead in her bedroom at the age of 20, and police at first thought it was a drug overdose, but then labeled her death as suicide.

She was found with high levels of Amitriptyline in her system, a drug which she once used to take.

Morgan’s parents went on Dr. Phil yesterday to accuse an ex-friend of Morgan, Brooke, and Brooke’s ex-boyfriend as well as her father. It was very sad to see because the parents have no supporting evidence but are truly causing Brooke and her friends and family serious grief.

I believe neither Brooke nor her father are in any way involved in Morgan’s death. I feel horrible for Morgan’s parents, but making accusations at people without facts is a dangerous, cruel and unfair thing to do to anybody.  Worse, making baseless accusations will not help Morgan’s parents get closer to the truth.

There is a chance that Morgan’s mom can’t cope with the fact her daughter committed suicide or overdose, and is in complete denial because she can’t accept that–especially since they shared words that night–the last time they saw each other. Or there could be more going on with Morgan and her mom here. 

I think Morgan’s parents would be much better served by hiring a private investigator to track down the source of drugs that killed Morgan, if they want the real truth, which I question at this point.

There are definitely people out there that know where Morgan got this drug, and with some sleuthing that should be able to be found.  Or if Morgan didn’t get the drug, who did? 

Once the source is found, the truth will come to light. I think it is very possible that Morgan could have committed suicide or overdosed. It is possible she didn’t, of course, but then I would start my investigation from inside the house first with those who were in the home when she died and I’d work outwards.

Sadly, the person who was not forthright on the Dr. Phil was Morgan’s mom.  My heart goes out to her in her loss, but if she wants to get to the truth, she needs to be factual and honest, too.

Police and FBI Search for Stacy Peterson

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The police and FBI have been searching for Stacy Peterson in Shorewood, Illiniois, for the past few days hoping to locate her remains.  So far, they haven’t been successful, but let’s hope their luck changes!

Expression of the Day

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My Son

What expression is this and why?  How do you know?

Mirror Neurons At Work

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I’ve gotten a good lesson on the power of mirror neurons lately.  It’s been fascinating.

In my class that I teach to law enforcement, I play multiple videos that show intense emotions.  Usually while the videos play, I take a seat facing the audience off to the side of the class. I typically can’t see the video because I want to be out the way and not infringing on the screen so my audience gets the be possible view.

When I videos play, I often find something to distract myself, but inevitably, there are a few minutes where I am waiting for the video to end and it is at ths time that I am facing the students.

Multiple times now I have felt a flush of emotion come over me when look at students, and I’ve realized when this happened that I am looking at a person who is intensely feeling the emotions of the person in the video they are watching. 

I just never knew how powerful mirror neurons could be that they could affect a person watching a video and also affect me, who is not watching the video, but watching the person who is watching the video.

I have seen these videos hundreds of times so they don’t affect me anymore. I have become desensitized to them over time, but clearly I am not desensitized to others who are reacting to them.

Isn’t that bizarre? 

I have felt my eyebrows go oblique only to realize I am starring at a young mom who feels great pain seeing a parent plea for their missing child.

It’s been absolutely astounding to experience.

I always enjoy pointing it out to my students that when you just watched that video of a desparate mom, you four displayed strong signals of sadness.  They typically have no idea their eyebrows knitted together in an “A shape” but they do acknowledge they did feel pain or heartbreak for the people in the video.

It’s incredibly fascinating.

I wonder if psychopaths have a short-circuit when it comes to mirror neurons? I suspect they do!