None of us in the thread have evidence of his mental well-being beyond the actions we witnessed in the video. What else guides us here is demographic data and retrospective surveys. As I stated in post 13, in its most basic sense, I believe that self-immolation is firmly defined as self-harm, and self-harm (at least in our high-income westernized land) is medically dealt with as a mental health matter.

What we do have confirmation of is Bushnell's involvement in online anarchist movements, and my broad concern (also potentially self-serving) is the impact of online radicalization of today's youth. Past a certain point it doesn't motivate people to action, it just inflicts psychological damage that harms them personally and as activists. Was that the case here? We may never know. But that's why we have forums like this to bullshit about it.