• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    He told law enforcement officials he had visited a storage area the day before and picked up a bottle of bleach

    That sounds way too premeditated to be explained by simple mental illness.

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      6 months ago

      After the past year, I can believe it.

      I hope you never have to deal with a family member with paranoid schizophrenia.

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      6 months ago

      way too premeditated to be explained by simple mental illness

      Ah, you think it was complex mental illness?

      In all seriousness though, moving a bottle of bleach the day before is still within the capability of someone experiencing an acute mental illness.

      Of course, it’s pure speculation either way at this point.

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      6 months ago

      I’d argue that premeditating something like this is a rather strong indicator of some form of mental illness.

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        Firstly, I don’t read any assumption of mental illness in that comment - if anything the comment is rejecting mental illness. But given that there’s no mention of any motive - and the difficulty in even thinking of one - mental illness is very reasonable to consider as a possibility.