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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 179250"><p>Oned more thing...</p><p>Star...I struggle a tiny bit with the Free Will thing. I do wonder at times how much true Free Will some of our difficult children have when they often have horrible struggles with impulse control. I still think they have Free Will, but it appears to be "less so" or "altered" or "harder" and it is troubling to me that there is an unbalance (for lack of a better word) here. There is still right and wrong. Still appropriate and inappropriate behavior. I think choice is still involved, in that when all people behave inappropriately...we still have the option to learn from the experience. We always can chose to get help as well. It might be compared to those with diabetes, who have to maintain a certain diet. They have extra work involved to keep good health. This is unfair...but it is what it is. Those with mental illness have to put in the extra work mentally (and perhaps in other ways) to get good results. Can someone with mental illness "handle" this burden day in and day out? Is it free will or lack of free will when they struggle? They are still accountable, but is the margin for error slightly different? I guess these are the questions that are often on my mind....any thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 179250"] Oned more thing... Star...I struggle a tiny bit with the Free Will thing. I do wonder at times how much true Free Will some of our difficult children have when they often have horrible struggles with impulse control. I still think they have Free Will, but it appears to be "less so" or "altered" or "harder" and it is troubling to me that there is an unbalance (for lack of a better word) here. There is still right and wrong. Still appropriate and inappropriate behavior. I think choice is still involved, in that when all people behave inappropriately...we still have the option to learn from the experience. We always can chose to get help as well. It might be compared to those with diabetes, who have to maintain a certain diet. They have extra work involved to keep good health. This is unfair...but it is what it is. Those with mental illness have to put in the extra work mentally (and perhaps in other ways) to get good results. Can someone with mental illness "handle" this burden day in and day out? Is it free will or lack of free will when they struggle? They are still accountable, but is the margin for error slightly different? I guess these are the questions that are often on my mind....any thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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