>>2853896It is not easy, for the sane, to understand how and when someone may loose their grasp of reality.
This reminds me of an almost comical effect that is often reported from enemy encounters in wars:
Some infantrists reportedly can be observed engaging in repetitive and only remotely related behaviours insgead of the actual fight, including cycling the action, swapping mags back and forth, repeatedly field strip and reassemble... all without an apparent reason.
Same with the many stories of people still falling for the 'you feel hot shortly before freezing', only to be found naked in sub zero temperatures later.
>>2853776From what he wrote in his diary it is not credible that he ate wnough of what he ate. The wild game was not much at all. So he would have needed to eat a metric fuckton of the berries and seeds. Doubtful that he did. Starvation gradually takes place over months and is painless, at least for the most part.
Antinutrients, poison or none of all that, probably did not matter in the end as starvation will definately weaken you.
Moral of the story: You probably do need society to survive and no matter how far out, need to buy essential food stocks like grains once in a while. And keep several times the stock you believe you need.
