The Psychology of Josh Powell (Chapter 5 - Crisis) - full video
Added 2024-05-29 11:00:09 +0000 UTCDr Kirk Honda and Humberto provide a deep dive on the tragic disappearance of Susan Powell, along with Josh’s suicide, the children’s murder, and Josh’s father’s depravity.
00:00 Recap
12:17 Steven's confrontation & massages
25:13 What was Susan's most likely state of mind?
39:24 The Powell's time in Utah
44:18 Fighting & control
48:55 Parenting & authority
1:00:58 Bankruptcy & Josh's spending problem
1:14:58 Sex & wanting another child
1:18:19 Tough or bluff
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May 29, 2024
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Something similar happened to me. I was 20 years old and I went to Germany to work in a restaurant during the summer. I was living in an apartment that the company provided. Once there was a festival in a different town and I was supposed to work there. I didn't have a car so muy boss - a 60+ years old German, told me he can drive me there. When I was in the car with him he started to talk that he liked me and ask me where I lived in Poland and if he can visit me there. My german is not good at all and I felt so completely trapped, repulsed and humiliated. I didn't know what to say or how to express my self in a nuanced way so I just pretended to agree. After that when I saw him I would hide. Luckily he wasn't there all tej time. I don't know if it would happen to me if I was German. I don't know if it was because of the sexualization of "Eastern women". I never went back to work there during the summer. I hope not to meet anyone like that on my path ever again.
Domi
2024-06-17 14:19:44 +0000 UTCMy first thought - fear and blaming herself
Jas
2024-06-15 00:41:53 +0000 UTCSomething similar for me - specifically spending time thrifting and getting as many clothes for as cheap as possible. It was and still is comforting for me, gives me somewhere to go if I don't want to be home, and focusing on finding something that is cute and fits in a thrift store is mentally engaging and a good distraction. It has become a problem however at several points where I am over reliant on it and therefore fall into addictive patterns.
Jas
2024-06-15 00:41:13 +0000 UTCInteresting. Yeah, I eventually find a video of that and react to it.
Psychology In Seattle
2024-05-31 22:06:54 +0000 UTCYes, those are all excellent questions. I couldn't find much data though. There are many unanswered questions. But I suspect it was all of the above. Plus, she was so young. She met him at age 19!
Psychology In Seattle
2024-05-31 22:06:20 +0000 UTCHigh praise! Thanks!
Psychology In Seattle
2024-05-31 22:04:49 +0000 UTCFor me personally, my spending addiction was focused around clothing. Growing up, I would often have to wear dirty clothes, torn clothes, clothes that didn’t fit well & I was always ashamed of it. I also grew up in a home with an alcoholic parent with constant chaos. Once I started making my own money it was just so hard to tell myself “no”. What’s interesting is that my older brother also had this same form of spending addiction.
Hannah Quinn
2024-05-31 16:43:55 +0000 UTCI'd guess she fell guilt after his confession too. Women have been conditioned to be the maintainers of men's emotions, especially religious conservatives.
Moon Woman Studios
2024-05-29 19:38:39 +0000 UTCRe: the leg touching. What I heard on the Cold podcast was that she was training in leg waxing and was showing off how well she had done on her legs. That's when Steven asked to touch. Ick.
Katy Ong
2024-05-29 18:05:24 +0000 UTCI would be curious to hear more thoughts about Susan's naivete, do you think it was partly rooted in the religious upbringing? How comes that many women that Josh was pursuing were weirded out by him, while someone like Susan was jumping right into the relationship? Do you think it has something to do with the lack of connection to self/intuition? Also, regarding the wish of having a baby girl, I think that there might have been a whole bunch of things Susan associated with this: she might have expected care and appreciation from Josh during pregnancy and infancy of a baby, a new reason for being united as a family, she might have even expected that a girl would bond with her more, make her safer or give the family more balance. Maybe that was even modelled to her by the religious community. As that, I would not see the baby wish as childish per se, but rather as wishful thinking.
Gabriele Inciuraite
2024-05-29 17:42:46 +0000 UTCI love your wisdom so much. I am an addiction counselor and listening to you is better than any CEU or mentor I can access in my state. Thanks for contributing to the healing and growth potential of our civilization and making it stronger! I appreciate what you do.
Judson Costello
2024-05-29 14:31:01 +0000 UTC
