Soliek, we have NO idea what she actually went through. Only what this farbissen woman has published all over the place. Someone filled with such venom, to write about Jewish life that from her perspective is miserable, is doing it to get revenge. The look on her face says it all. My cousin’s son also became disillusioned in his chassidic life, and became completely frei. But he did not rub everyone’s noses in it. And he does not do things tzu l’hach-iss.
I do not believe she is mentally retarded, but I do think she has some type of emotional disturbance, because of her need to defame every aspect of her former life, and her desire to “show us” how she will do whatever on earth she wants and defies us to stop her. That is just over the top, even for someone disgruntled. Your life stinks? So either get over it or move on. But don’t try to hurt everyone around you in the process.