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Originally Posted by MishyMish  So you have never did anything bad? I doubt that... Everything bad you have ever done was the effect of a mental illness? People need to take responsibility for their actions and stop copping out or blaming mental illness. |
I just need to point out that taking responsibility and having a mental illness aren't mutually exclusive things. Someone can have a mental illness and also take full responsibility for doing something that may have been exacerbated by said mental illness.
Mental illness isn't a cop out or something used only for 'blame'; rather, it can/may help *explain* aspects of why something happened the way it did. It's not an excuse, its not a way to justify - it's just part of the explanation.
If someone massacres 20 children, there absolutely is something wrong in their brain chemistry.