If you run over a pedestrian

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Because voices said so, do you have responsibility?

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Do you want to run over a pedestrian?

Yes you are responsible.

Call your doctor immediately.

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I don’t want to but if a voice commands me? It’s still my responsibility?

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It is your responsibility because you don’t choose to address the issue.

The law will see it the same way.

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YES. You can’t control the voices, but you can control your response to them. Call your doctor right away and give someone else your car keys!

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So persuasive voices can’t be an excuse?

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No they can’t be an excuse. If you run someone over because of voices, you will be locked up in a mental institution for the rest of your life, if you’re lucky enough to avoid jail.

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If you have to ask this question,

Its hospital time.

You are totally responsible for your actions.

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My voices/intrusive thoughts tell me to drive recklessly/off a bridge to kill myself. I know at that point it’s time for me to go to the hospital. I struggled with this too. Not run over anyone but more to kill myself with my car. I know I shouldn’t be driving when that happens.

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Responsible while psychotic?

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Yes. You’re responsible for your own actions even when psychotic.

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They tell me the same. To kill myself. To change lanes without caution. Etc.

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Absolutely,

You are responsible even if psychotic.

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Om i am worried about you. Please go to the emergency room or phone the crisis line or both.

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If you know you are psychotic you should already know the answer to this question. It’s common sense.

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I don’t plan on it. Just a question I had. If you are disconnected from reality, I think that’s an excuse.

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Om even entertaining such questions is a red flag. This isn’t healthy.

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They used to tell me to run over cones but do it discreetly and other weird stuff… When I was on the Wellbutrin God, driving drove me crazy. That was when my psychosis was worst.

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It’s called the insanity defense. It’s very difficult to get the insanity defense, and if you do, you’ll be locked up in a mental institution much longer than your jail sentence would have been, and given forced injections for life because you are a danger to others.

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So the psychotic person is not fully responsible. He is under the influence of psychosis