SMITHFIELD, N.C. -- The defense in the Lynn Paddock murder trial rested its case Tuesday morning after a local forensic psychologist testified that Paddock is not insane and never meant to hurt her children.

Paddock is accused of wrapping her 4-year-old adopted son, Sean, so tightly in blankets to keep him from playing at night that he ended up suffocating.

On Tuesday, several of Lynn Paddock's siblings, three foster sisters and a half-brother all testified, as did a social worker who took Lynn and her stepsister away from Paddock’s own abusive mother.

"We were physically and emotionally abused, beaten," testified Fred Jeyhart, Paddock's half-brother. "It's caused a lot of issues in all of us."

All of the people in Paddock’s defense supported her testimony that she suffered severe abuse as a child at the hands of her mother. They also described Paddock as a constant follower, always looking for someone to latch on to and someone to tell her what to do.

"She wanted her family to be perfect," Paddock's foster sister Judy Blazek told the jury, "So she would pretty much follow any book or any suggestion that you gave her on helping those children through life."

Paddock's brothers and sisters were also upset about how prosecutors were portraying her to the jury.

"It's unfortunate that the prosecution and unfortunately the media has made it look like she's a terrible monster," Neyhart told reporters outside the courthouse after he testified. "Granted, she did get carried away with her discipline, but that was the only form of discipline she ever knew because that's what she grew up with."

Dr. James Hilkey, a forensic psychologist from Durham, testified for the defense that he believes Paddock suffers from chronic depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder stemming from her childhood abuse.

He also testified that in his professional opinion, Paddock did not intend to hurt any of her children. He believes in her mind, she was simply trying to raise perfect children.

"We tend base how we treat others based on the experiences we had as kids," Dr. Hilkey told the jury. "Unfortunately, Mrs. Paddock had a horrendous and horrific experience. Her models were that of abuse and I think in stressful situations her tendancy was to over-discipline in an attempt to gain some order."

Under cross examination, Hilkey said Paddock was not insane, but he also admitted that most of the abuse Paddock’s children were subjected to could be described as sadistic behavior. However, he said he did not believe Paddock was sadistic.

Once the defense rested its case, Superior Court Judge Knox Jenkins released the jury for the rest of the day.

On Tuesday afternoon, attorneys for both sides worked with the judge to come up with the exact instructions he will give to jurors before they deliberate the case.

The jury will come back Wednesday morning, when they will likely hear closing arguments and then start their deliberations.

Paddock faces life in prison if convicted.