and it might also be about exercising control/power. If you feel your life is under threat whether from poverty and its attendants or airstrikes or military brutality isn't there possibly a view that you can take some control of the situation by saying I'm going out in the time and manner of my choosing - (and I'll take a few of my perceived oppressors with me)
its a bit like someone undergoing chemotherapy shaving their head before the drugs make their hair fall out (though obviously this is less drastic) - the end result is the same but they have exercised their will rather than waited passively ...
xx spirit
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