Judging by the responses on here, there are a lot of women who will buy that line, any line, rather than believe in a toxic mother.
And neither do I. She is in need of lifelong psychotherapy.
She needs to be kept in an institution for the criminally insane. Not in a prison. I believe she is mentally ill.
Two cases in point.
To that, all I can say is that you can be mentally ill, and still not legally insane. Those are two different standards.