I wonder how much of her is still there and if she knows, even deep down inside, that she got herself in this mess. If she didn’t screw up with her previous son she could’ve been out in a retirement home or taken care of by someone more competent.
I doubt it. You know how Borb invented all those conspiracy theories about the gays? How Barb and Chris tried to run Snyder over, then say he actively tried to get run over to sue them? Rednicks like them actively look for people to vilify. It's them against the world, they can only do right and everyone else can only try to stop them from doing it. I'm sure Barb has thoroughly convinced herself that everyone in the entire world except Chris has worked against Chris to make him this way, rather than any of it being either of their faults.
Like, you're trying to apply common logic and empathy here. Those don't apply to Barb. She's a cold, manipulative, hoarding, mentally ill old woman from a bad family. It's honestly amazing how she didn't just turn into a crack whore from the beginning.