Road rage and other acts involving a sudden loss of self-control could be linked to a parasite spread by cats.

Common emotional and behavioural symptoms include tearfulness, depression, mood swings, irritability, a feeling of unease, disturbed sleep, food cravings (especially for sweet things), loss of self-control, aggression, fatigue and lethargy.

Two bites, a minute apart, eradicate any 'momentary loss of self-control' defence, which would not stand up anyway.

These include loss of temper, loss of self-control, yielding, decline of the accepted moral standard or loss of consciousness.

Think about reasonably adequate provocation in terms of a stressful trigger to a loss of self-control.