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I agree with you on that and I have a theory. She may just be so psychotic that she doesn't feel the pain, or is in a dissociative state so that she doesn't recall doing it. I know KF's doesn't like to admit to the mental aspect of things in most cases of munchies but Kelly really is batshit. I know it's been stressed several times but the only thing that can truly help her at this point is if someone (a doctor preferably) commits her on suspicion that she is a direct threat to herself.
*Edited to say I can not find any articles supporting the link to psychosis numbing pain, but under psychosis, you would be more likely to inflict damage such as Kellys.*
information on a type of severe self-mutilation due to a type of schizophrenia
From the article:
"In contrast, major self-mutilation (MSM) is rare, usually only occurs in association with serious mental illness and often results in permanent loss of an organ or its function. The 3 main forms of MSM are ocular, genital, and limb mutilation. Patients who have removed an eye or cut off a limb are almost always psychotic, as are three-quarters of patients who severely injure their genitals. "
*Edited again to add the quote in case no one wants to read*
I don’t think it matters much whether she feels pain or not. There’s an entire community that turns themselves into amputees because they feel like their limb(s) shouldn’t be a part of them. I don’t think kelly fits that group, but my point is that these people DO feel the pain but are so obsessed with removing the limb that it overrides their ability to think rationally and allows them to go through with it. She’s so obsessed with the attention and being a medical anomaly that she hyper focused on her legs and her goal is to do as much damage as possible and get as much attention as possible. There’s mentally ill patients who spend their days strapped to a bed so they don’t hurt themselves because they’re so batshit. Kelly is one of those that for some reason won’t be permanently strapped down.
It's like the Venn diagram between those people & troons is a circle.