My Husband is a bus driver and is constantly under threat of violence from passengers. It is the worst job he has ever had to do and he cant wait to find something else so that he can jack it in. My mother has suffered from manic depression for 40 years (since I was 8 years old). I am very aware of how depression affects people but my Mother tries to use her illness as an excuse to get away with atrocious behaviour at times. It appears you have done the same. What gives you the right to physically assault someone who is doing a godawful job, use your illness as an excuse for such appalling behaviour and then expect the recipient of your violence to pay for the consequences of your actions? Sorry but reading this and knowing what my Husband endures on a daily basis has really annoyed me.