Talk:Finn Collins/@comment-25176701-20141206142712/@comment-24.99.67.19-20141207155038

As I explained, with most mental illnesses, you have no power to just make yourself well without professional help. The disorder is part of your brain function and therefore in control of certain aspects of your thought processes, emotions, and behavior. It's not like Finn was consciously aware that he was doing something wrong. It was part of his breakdown. Moral compass Finn was not in control, just like I wasn't in control of my crying. So  how can he make a deliberate and conscious decision to singularly change something he can't control? This isn't about making a moral choice to change. It's about his getting well.

II have no doubt that Finn feels remorse. Otherwise, why was he crying? But just like me, he's experiencing a lot of confusion as well. He doesn't understand why he did what he did any more than I understood why I was crying. He doesn't realize that he is suffering from PTSD any more than I knew I was suffering from depression. That's why he said that he didn't know who he was. What he did goes against everything he believed in. He can't reconcile who he thought he was and has always been to this person he has become. You get that, right?