Madness
You never know whom you hurt when you are out of your mind. It’s like the various events happening around you shape your mind in such a way that you lash out even at people who are close to your heart without recognizing you have hurt them. But circumstances shouldn’t always be blamed. A murderer shouldn’t be pardoned just because he has had a shitty childhood and doesn’t have feelings of empathy or remorse. Circumstances only have 50% of an effect on the outcome, the rest 50% is in your hand i.e. a choice to either control your emotions, your temper and your madness or to go berserk and hurt people intentionally or unintentionally. You always have a choice in what you do. You aren’t always helpless against mother nature. So, it is an overstatement if you say that “I was helpless. I didn’t have a choice.” And then after that moment, when you finally come to your senses you realize what you have done. So, you apologize to the people you have hurt. They take time to realize the gravity