ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the case study of Doris. "Doris" has attempted to kill her own four children and herself on at least three occasions. She is adamant in saying that she would prefer them dead rather than endure the suffering she has gone through. When Doris was eight, her grandmother, who had been her "one and only good-enough relationship", died. Initially Doris was diagnosed as having severe personality disorder, later on as severely chronically depressed, and eventually as suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder. Doris's suicidal and murderous actions are consistently related to issues to do with maternity and associated losses. Doris is the product of a violent rape in a country engaged in a civil war, occupied by the political opposition. Doris's sexual abuse culminated in her giving birth at the age of fourteen to a baby boy who was then murdered by her stepfather, his father.
