I don’t want to sound cynical, but I really struggle with understanding what someone thinks they’ll actually accomplish setting themselves on fire. I it would be the most horrific way to die let alone doing it to yourself.
You're trying to understand mental illness. Look at this story for what it is: Yet another tragedy caused by America's lack of attention to mental health care, especially for our enlisted personnel.
You're trying to find the glory in this suicide because this story of suicide is being glorified; we're supposed to know better than that but clearly we don't.
Self-immolation is not mental illness any more than any other intentional sacrifice intended to support a cause. That soldier was no doubt taught that wearing the uniform may require the ultimate sacrifice for his comrades and country and that those who did so would be heroes, this is no different.
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