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Referring to yourself in the third person is a sign that you’re socially dead and trying to bootstrap back into life. Think of characters in fiction who do it, like Gollum/Sméagol. Any other good examples?
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He actively tries to die (which he cannot), and in one comic series enters a delusional limbo-like state, drifting on a boat with dead crew for a few weeks, with his regenerating body eaten by seagulls. He's not back, really
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