"When your temper rises lower your fists-when your fists rise lower your temper"-Chojun Miyagi
My old karate instructor made sure we understood this. I've been known to have a bad temper since I was a kid, I was small most of my life(until I turned 19 and started lifting and eating) so I had little mans syndrome, I had bad habits of punching someone for laughing wrong and I got my ass beat.
My parents put me in karate to teach me discipline and on a swim team to burn energy. It helped a lot, when I started judo and jui jitsu, I was over with anger and have learned how to defuse a situation quickly.
Just last Saturday night my upstairs neighbors dog barked constantly for 4 hours, no big deal until my wife said their dog had been barking for an entire day and both their cars were still home.
I called my cop friend and he sent a unit to investigate, I'm thinking something bad happened and I didn't want to go knock on their door.
My neighbor's showed up as the cops left and I'm sitting outside smoking a cigar and drinking some Woodford reserve, the man approached me screaming and yelling threatening me trying to get me to stand up and throw down with him, 12 years ago I would've gladly beat his ass but having a 3yo and a pregnant wife I can't afford to be involved in a situation like that.
My neighbor's had been out of town for 2 days and their dog sitter didn't show up to take their dog out. He was pissed that I called the cops on his dog, but he failed to understand I expected the worse that someone may have done something bad to them.
His wife was calm and she apologized and was more worried that I stayed calm through his whole fit.
The point I'm trying to make is mental illness, in my eyes , is 100% upto the one suffering and having symptoms, they also need family or friends to be there for them, denial also is a big issue with adults who are to scared to address their problem, drugs that are prescribed to mental illness patients aren't helping or there wouldn't be any mental illnesses. Treat these people with real help, not drugs.
You punch a baby you deserve capitol punishment.