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Can people with bipolar disorder and other mental issues can they control their actions?
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<blockquote data-quote="lovemysons" data-source="post: 670680" data-attributes="member: 3305"><p>Hi dad,</p><p>I agree, it's complicated. </p><p></p><p>I have Bipolar disorder and have gone into a manic state that lead to a psychotic state. I was only a harm to myself as I did try and grab a police officers gun in an attempt to shoot myself. Though I do remember driving during my psychosis and was listening to the song "Jesus take the wheel" and I actually let go of my steering wheel so as to show my faith...to prove my faith. Thank goodness I fell short or who knows what might have happend! </p><p>The whole episode was horrifying and quite real to me!</p><p></p><p>I was taken by police to a hospital and held against my will (I did try to break out at one point) until I began to think more clearly and come back to "reality". I take medication now every day and do consider myself a responsible person. However...the medicine I have taken for so long may stop working. Then, I may need to be hospitalized again until I am stable. </p><p></p><p>My husband and I have debated the point about the responsibility that the mentally ill who cause harm should be liable for...</p><p>I think it is safe to say that those who cause harm to others are in MOST cases held criminally liable and locked away behind prison bars these days. My husband even still believes in the death penalty in such cases. I lean moreso on lifetime sentence at a mental hospital. </p><p>It's just that I believe there is a difference between Ill will... those that intentionally set out to harm, premeditated evil and those who are afflicted by an "ill mind", ill thinking that incidentally leads to harming others. I can't imagine hearing voices tell you to do something to harm another. That is very scary. I think this is an ongoing debate as so many seriously mentally ill individuals are causing great harm in our society these days. But I do think there is a difference between "ill will" and and "ill mind". We MUST come up with a good solution!</p><p></p><p>LMS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovemysons, post: 670680, member: 3305"] Hi dad, I agree, it's complicated. I have Bipolar disorder and have gone into a manic state that lead to a psychotic state. I was only a harm to myself as I did try and grab a police officers gun in an attempt to shoot myself. Though I do remember driving during my psychosis and was listening to the song "Jesus take the wheel" and I actually let go of my steering wheel so as to show my faith...to prove my faith. Thank goodness I fell short or who knows what might have happend! The whole episode was horrifying and quite real to me! I was taken by police to a hospital and held against my will (I did try to break out at one point) until I began to think more clearly and come back to "reality". I take medication now every day and do consider myself a responsible person. However...the medicine I have taken for so long may stop working. Then, I may need to be hospitalized again until I am stable. My husband and I have debated the point about the responsibility that the mentally ill who cause harm should be liable for... I think it is safe to say that those who cause harm to others are in MOST cases held criminally liable and locked away behind prison bars these days. My husband even still believes in the death penalty in such cases. I lean moreso on lifetime sentence at a mental hospital. It's just that I believe there is a difference between Ill will... those that intentionally set out to harm, premeditated evil and those who are afflicted by an "ill mind", ill thinking that incidentally leads to harming others. I can't imagine hearing voices tell you to do something to harm another. That is very scary. I think this is an ongoing debate as so many seriously mentally ill individuals are causing great harm in our society these days. But I do think there is a difference between "ill will" and and "ill mind". We MUST come up with a good solution! LMS [/QUOTE]
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