Hello, I'm the OP, the one whose friend was a member of the posse. I'll try to answer your questions to the extent I can.
First of all, you are all very correct that Andy's word means nothing, esp, since he uses it to manipulate --incl., as I said, saying different things to different people or even the same people as a "Gotcha" tactic. (It's pretty horrifying.) Re: his mental health "care team": My friend was deep enough in to *know,* from what appts he went to (or not) and what meds he was taking (hint: small doses of antipsychotics are often combined w. other drugs to treat depression or bipolar illness). She definitely knew there was no care team of however many drs with their dozen degrees studying Andy b/c he's he's just so damn fascinating, and that's not mental illness on Andy's part, just self-aggrandizement. I do believe he's sick, but not in any way that a therapist would help unless he *really* wanted to change. He doesn't; his behavior and sheer joy at manipulating people tells us that.
As for the idea that said care team monitors his FB & tumblr & even has the passwords, one hardly even needs proof this is untrue, although evidently Andy did mention it was. I mean, seriously--was his therapist going to go into his tumblr & edit the "WalMart fat lady" story with "Attn Readers! This is Andy's whatever, & the above story is a steaming pile?" What legit therapist would have time? But from what I heard, Andy enjoys bragging about his manipulations, and at least on this point I believe him.
But I *do* trust my friend's observations & her ability to put things together, and that's why I say I *know* what I know.
If there are any other questions, I'll try to answer them to the extent I can, and the mods are free to verify that yes, I have VA IP. As I mentioned, I just thought it was important to mention that Andy was *still* abusing people, and not even much differently than he was in the beginning. I find the man frightening,
Re: TW mi/suicide
First of all, you are all very correct that Andy's word means nothing, esp, since he uses it to manipulate --incl., as I said, saying different things to different people or even the same people as a "Gotcha" tactic. (It's pretty horrifying.) Re: his mental health "care team": My friend was deep enough in to *know,* from what appts he went to (or not) and what meds he was taking (hint: small doses of antipsychotics are often combined w. other drugs to treat depression or bipolar illness). She definitely knew there was no care team of however many drs with their dozen degrees studying Andy b/c he's he's just so damn fascinating, and that's not mental illness on Andy's part, just self-aggrandizement. I do believe he's sick, but not in any way that a therapist would help unless he *really* wanted to change. He doesn't; his behavior and sheer joy at manipulating people tells us that.
As for the idea that said care team monitors his FB & tumblr & even has the passwords, one hardly even needs proof this is untrue, although evidently Andy did mention it was. I mean, seriously--was his therapist going to go into his tumblr & edit the "WalMart fat lady" story with "Attn Readers! This is Andy's whatever, & the above story is a steaming pile?" What legit therapist would have time? But from what I heard, Andy enjoys bragging about his manipulations, and at least on this point I believe him.
But I *do* trust my friend's observations & her ability to put things together, and that's why I say I *know* what I know.
If there are any other questions, I'll try to answer them to the extent I can, and the mods are free to verify that yes, I have VA IP. As I mentioned, I just thought it was important to mention that Andy was *still* abusing people, and not even much differently than he was in the beginning. I find the man frightening,