Woman Burns Self to Death in Road Rage Incident

[erkishhorde]

Not being able to know whether a suicidal person is in their right mind or not aside, I believe in letting the person off themself if they choose as long s they're not endangering anyone else. My first priority would have been the lady whose car got rammed in the first place.

It's kind a cold way to think about it but at least she (and those around her) won't have to suffer with it after it pushes her over the edge and she offs herself. That bipolar stuff is real nasty in its worst states.

[sbrguy]

that is THE BEST story i have read all day.

a road rager kills themselves because they got so mad they wanted to keep going and killed themselves.  GOOD, AT LEAST SHE DIDN'T KILL OR INJURE ANYONE ELSE.

ALL ROAD RAGERS should follow this person's lead and kill themselves and not injure anyone else when they get road rage.  It will make the world a HAPPIER, PEACEFUL AND SAFER.

[moto]

[VisceralReaction]

But the problem is: Bi-polar people when in their manic state; either high or low dont' know what they want.
As I stated before, my friend was a different person completely, but when medicated regreted crap they did while manic.
They may want to die while manic, but while completely sane it's another story.

[Ducatiloo]

ALL ROAD RAGERS should follow this person's lead and kill themselves and not injure anyone else when they get road rage.  It will make the world a HAPPIER, PEACEFUL AND SAFER.

That would  be a Good Bumper Sticker

[red baron]

But the problem is: Bi-polar people when in their manic state; either high or low dont' know what they want.
As I stated before, my friend was a different person completely, but when medicated regreted crap they did while manic.
They may want to die while manic, but while completely sane it's another story.

Does your friend go around injuring others?

[VisceralReaction]

No, never did. But you have to understand how out of balance bi-polar people are.
AND the varying degrees of severity of being bi-polar.
Mental issues suck. When people are off their meds they are freaking nuts and what's
scary is that when they take their meds they KNOW they are nuts.

[jdubbs32584]

And theres the problem. They have to stay on their meds. Just like a diabetic has to take meds to prevent a diabetic episode (which can make them act like angry drunks), bipolar people have to take their meds. Personal responsibility has to come in to play.

[ryandalling]

Wow... not sure where to go with this debate... still trying to decide what I would have done in that situation... we can all say what we would think we would do... but when it comes to real action... you never know.

[somegirl]

And theres the problem. They have to stay on their meds. Just like a diabetic has to take meds to prevent a diabetic episode (which can make them act like angry drunks), bipolar people have to take their meds. Personal responsibility has to come in to play.

My ex-husband is diabetic (type I), and used to have a lot of hypoglycemic episodes.  It was so bad that after he ended up in the ER a couple of times, his doctor contacted the DMV to inform them (didn't matter at the time because he was using an out-of-state license  ).  Thankfully he got an insulin pump and is under much better control now.

I would hope that psychiatrists do the same for unstable patients.

[cbartlett419]

in the urn.... whats car parts, and whats people parts?

good one

And theres the problem. They have to stay on their meds. Just like a diabetic has to take meds to prevent a diabetic episode (which can make them act like angry drunks), bipolar people have to take their meds. Personal responsibility has to come in to play.

I think that's a great point....but just to keep it interesting, what about the hundreds of thousands of people across the nation that suffer from equally/more challenging mood disorders who cannot not afford to spend $300+ on meds a month. I heard an interesting conversation(some random radio talk hour) from a father describing his son's mood disorder and it's effects on their unit. He stated a statistic that something like 70% of homeless suffer from some sort of debilitating mood disorder, no money no meds no stability, they get arrested for whatever, and are spat back out in 24-72 hours on a routine basis. His point was, there is little being done to help this cross section, the situation is just festering    yeah...so anyway

[DY]

What a sight that must have been... A crazy fat lady going bezerk while being engulfed in flames.

Reminds me of the time I was playing texas hold-em with friends.  I was down to my last few chips and was dealt a 2 and a 4.. absolutely worth nothing, but kept calling and raising the pot.  Even after the river and the flop.  Why you ask?  Cause I got sick of the game and wanted to go out with a bang.  Sure, it was against all semblance  of self-preservation... but I just didn't care. 

[jdubbs32584]

I think that's a great point....but just to keep it interesting, what about the hundreds of thousands of people across the nation that suffer from equally/more challenging mood disorders who cannot not afford to spend $300+ on meds a month. I heard an interesting conversation(some random radio talk hour) from a father describing his son's mood disorder and it's effects on their unit. He stated a statistic that something like 70% of homeless suffer from some sort of debilitating mood disorder, no money no meds no stability, they get arrested for whatever, and are spat back out in 24-72 hours on a routine basis. His point was, there is little being done to help this cross section, the situation is just festering    yeah...so anyway

I do think thats an interesting thing to think about but it might throw us into politics and/or the sad state of health care in this country. So I'm not gonna touch it other than saying that every single person needs to take personal responsibility and make a concerted effort. I'm so tired of the whining and yes I have FHE with the bipolar topic.

But like I said, interesting topic.

[cbartlett419]

right right right right right, never did I intend to taint this wonderful place by being 'that guy', one thought just led to the next. thanks for the intervention .......