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cuddly_carcass t1_jal6p4k wrote

Reply to comment by pinetreesgreen in A man set himself on fire on UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza by DrTreeMan

Setting yourself on fire would for sure would fit in the definition of mental illness

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dofffman t1_jan6pnw wrote

it has been done for protest.

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cam94509 t1_janyvfo wrote

Yeah. But Americans would medicalize protest if they could, tbh.

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cuddly_carcass t1_jaoch9j wrote

Regardless of the intent any act of self harm is a sign of mental illness in my book.

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dofffman t1_japoza9 wrote

I can see many reasons for self harm. Hunger strikes are self harm, standing in front of a tank risks great self harm. I would never want to have to do it but I would love to be able to and have the courage to like the monk did way back when if I was in a similar situation.

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