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Self-Immolator Matt Nelson Reportedly Alive (husseini.substack.com)

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[-] Hegar@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

Starting ones self on fire is a suicide attempt, regardless of political motive.

Is being a soldier assigned to conduct an assault operation also a suicide attempt?

Knowingly doing something that might kill you is not the sole criteria for a suicide attempt. If they weren't suicidal it wasn't a suicide attempt.

[-] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone -2 points 1 month ago

Suicide: the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally

~Merriam-Webster Dictionary

[-] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

You shouldn't try to answer clinical questions with Merriam-Webster. It's a very redditor thing to do and just as incorrect as that would suggest.

[-] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lol. I'm a therapist, and you're being pedantic. Suicide means killing yourself. He may not have been clinically "suicidal" but he still attempted suicide

Edit: I thought you were the original commenter when I said you were being pedantic

[-] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I agree, but Merriam-Webster remains a bad way to try to squash claims of nuance. You are correct independent of the bad and redditor-esque method of argument you chose. You should know very well that texts with actual authority exist that better establish these things, like the DSM in this case.