24 Australians arrested for deliberately setting fires

I'm conflicted on this one. On one hand, I struggle with mental illness and urges that I have many times been unable to control. On the other hand, I take full responsibility for my actions. Yeah it sucks and it's not fair that I have to deal with these problems that a healthy person wouldn't, but these are MY problems, not societies. I've never been willing to ask for help, even though it's pretty obvious I need it, because my problems shouldn't become other people's problems. Although the issues I suffer from have occasionally hurt those I care about. I try very hard to prevent that from happening and I would like to think that if I ever had urges to hurt anybody that I knew I couldn't control, whether it's arson or pedophilia or anything else, I would kill myself rather than act on them. But I am also borderline suicidal so that thought is probably easier for me than others.

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