At least partly, maybe.

I’ll be honest: I fantasize fairly regularly about being a “hero” and “saving the day”, like stopping a shooter or something like that, cuz I’m just so, so desperate for my life to have meaning or a purpose. I just feel like if I did a heroic act like that, maybe I’d finally feel at peace, that I had finally fulfilled my “purpose” and “reason for being here”.

I don’t support tackling shoplifters or anything like that just to clarify, I just think I might understand at least a little bit why someone would feel motivated to do so.