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What is being held accountable? Jail? No one heare believes someone who is butchering people should be free to walk the streets.
There is a difference between evil and mental illness, but they are not mutually exclusive. Evil people see the world as it is, they just have a messed up way of interpreting it and acting on that information. People that are really sick have a difficult time separating the world inside their head from the real world.
We shouldn’t assume that they are one in the same or deal with them the same way. Our lust for “accountability” is a big reason our system is so impotent now. We
Completely agree. It’s more than that though.
How do you admit to YOURSELF that you are not right in the head? How could you even recognize it when your cognitive functions are disrupted? Why is it left up to you when you have proven it can’t be?
All of that and what you said prior.
Started seeing this girl, she was wonderful, beautiful, and caring. It came with a hitch, she was somewhat up front about it, and I met her parents early. They tried to protect her, warn me off of what was to come, as I had no idea.
She eventually went off her meds. They don't want to take them. That euphoria, when they've gone in our minds, bat **** crazy, it's intoxicating. It made no sense to me, I still wonder what could've been done, but the day I tricked her into being caught up at the psych ward (with her families help as I had no clue how to deal with this) of a hospital I'll never forget. It was 5x worse than anything in the movie Girl Interrupted or any other insane asylum movie you'll see. The police were actually involved as she was a danger to herself, tried to run from them, etc. Man it sucked.
It was sad, I hope she has gotten it together, but schizophrenia is no joke. I don't know what his problem is, but his mental state does bounce all over the place. That's a mild case or just the beginnings of the downward spiral if that's what it is.
Also, like you said, they have absolutely no idea that they're acting erratic, being disruptive, and for lack of a better term, just flat out crazy. Lots of God / devil talk, imaginary cameras watching them, etc. That's the weird place their mind is in.
There's no money in it for people. Get them back on their feet and set them off into the world again. Most can't hold a job for long, are uninsured, etc.
That girl was awesome, but then there's the other side. It made me sympathetic and also sad that some people have that to deal with and in reality, they'll all eventually go off the tracks.