Posted by deirdrehbrt on June 16, 2004, at 8:30:09
In reply to Re: Accountability » octopusprime, posted by Angel Girl on June 16, 2004, at 5:02:43
Angel Girl,
I think that most people who understand mental illness would not hold us responsible for behaviors that result from our illness. For example, someone who is desperatly angry, perhaps threatened with divorce, may try to manipulate their partner by threatening suicide if ther relationship is coming to an end. They would be held accountable for being manipulative. On the other hand, those of us who are ill, would say it for different reasons. We might be genuinely suicidal. Though the same thing was said, we probably wouldn't be held to the same standards of responsibility as the person who does not suffer from mental illness. The 'sane' person made a threat to try to prevent divorce. The depressed person stated a fact.
There are maybe lots of other examples, but my brain isn't working that well right now. :)
Dee.
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