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

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

~Merriam-Webster Dictionary

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

The DSM is great for billing insurance and not much else imo