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minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days 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.
minus-squareTherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days ago Suicide: the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally ~Merriam-Webster Dictionary
minus-squareGarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoYou 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.
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.
~Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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.