That's the rub with mental illness. How can you really know? Mental illness is used as a defence in murder cases because it's tough to know which thoughts are l

That's the rub with mental illness. How can you really know? Mental illness is used as a defence in murder cases because it's tough to know which thoughts are lucid and sounds and which thoughts are the result of legitimate mental disorders. Consider this: imagine a disease whose symptoms were temporary intermittent paralysis. Individuals with this disease occasionally can't move their arms or legs. To outsiders, it may seem like they are faking it. How could you know if the paralysis was real or not? After all, you saw the individual walking just fine moments earlier, and they are walking fine now. My point is, to say "He could have just as easily forgiven his supervisors" is like saying "He could have just as easily walked". If the condition is legitimate, he really couldn't have forgiven his supervisors, because there is a side of his mind he can't control.