News Forum - Mentally ill man in Chon Buri lights himself on fire

[Thaiger]

Mental illness is devastating for many people, and it certainly was for one Chon Buri man in a harrowing incident yesterday morning. The man, 32 year old ‘Eak’, set himself on fire in front of his house in the main city district after soaking himself in oil. Eak’s older brother said that Eak suffered from mental illness because he used to take drugs, and that Eak was currently in rehab. But recently, Eak had started to hillucinate, refused to sleep, and was very unpredictable. The brother said that Eak had committed the horrifying act after his father had told him […]

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[bushav8r]

It is a very sad story.  I don't know if previous drug use makes you mentally ill, but it certainly won't make you hillucinate.