Sylvia shot herself by placing the gun barrel in her mouth, in the middle of a dense wood, where she knew she wouldn't be heard or found. Sylvia is an example of what Edwin Shneidman refers to as a:

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Edwin Shneidman introduced the concept of death seekers as people who actively seek death and plan their own deaths, usually by suicide. Sylvia's deliberate act of shooting herself in a remote location shows that she had intentionally sought death, making her an example of a death seeker.

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