But he’s officially not crazy, he repeatedly has stressed this, although throwing his hand into a bonfire so it couldn’t be reattached seems pretty darned irrational, as bad or worse than chopping it off in the first place, like he’d been driven to some sort of mental disassociation, as if his own hand was an evil, alien being that was tormenting him.
If he had been regarded as having a mental problem due to the pain, he might have been more likely to receive treatment.
He just wanted to make sure he wasn't turned down for Social Security Disability!