A situation about self defense...

Years ago when I was 12, I was being made to go on a plane trip. I had, and still have, tremendous uncontrollable fear of flying. I did not want it to happen. M12 for reference in Canada.

At the termimal, with the departure so imminent, I completely broke down into the most severe panic attack o had ever experienced in my life. My parents didn't understand what was going on, but realized at that point they had made a colossal mistake and I was like a Cassandra. Some of flight attendants tried to drag me on board to avoid a delay but I resisted with all the force I could. I didn't think of it at the time but that was a case of assault on some other person. They did succeed in getting me on board and it made the panic attack continue, and even now I still get nightmares and panic attacks when I think of that situation, p

In a situation like that where you are involuntarily in a situation causing a mental breakdown, would you actually have the right to use self defense? To try and escape from such a fear you did nothing to cause that causes so much dissent that you can't help but try to break free?

Posted Feb 19, 2025, 12:39 PM UTC

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