Abstract
In the context of the distinguished in the penal code criminological, psychological and psychopathological determinants of the transgression of self-defence limits, as well as of legal and penal consequences of such an event, the authors point out to cases of disregarding by the administration of justice any individually differentiated situational decompensations and personality reactions or complicating reactive disorders. Moreover, not only mental status and psychomotor reactivity of the self-defending victim of lawless attempt are emphasized, but also health-related and important for the proceedings consequences of the so-called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from the attempt.