Matthew Livelsberger was treated for depression just before Cybertruck suicide bombing: He wanted to get more help
Matthew Livelsberger recently sought treatment for depression before the decorated Special Forces soldier killed himself in a shocking Las Vegas Cybertruck bombing this week — as an ex-girlfriend revealed he had suffered “some concussions” in combat and knew he needed “more help.” Despite being proud of his nearly two decades in the military, the 37-year-old was haunted by guilt over his tours of duty and had trouble sleeping, focusing and maintaining relationships, Army nurse Alicia Arritt, 39, told The Washington Post Friday of the ex she dated on and off from 2018 to 2021.“I think it was even harder for him, being on active duty — the shame and the stigma,” she explained.
“He wanted to get more help.” Livelsberger “likely” suffered from PTSD and “family issues,” the FBI said Friday — and a note found in his charred cellphone that was recovered from the Tesla Cybertruck revealed he “needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I’ve lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.”The Green Beret sat for three mental health counseling sessions between August and December, USA Today reported, citing a federal official who was briefed on the New Year’s Day incident at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas but was not authorized to speak publicly.It is not clear if Livelsberger had been deemed a risk for suicide or violence, officials said.
Arritt, who had treated vets with brain injuries at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, told the Washington Post she met Livelsberger on Tinder in 2018, and they soon began texting about his military career.When she asked if he’d been hurt, he replied, “Just some concussions,” she told the outlet.
She added that he’d had back surgery due to the pain he suffered from jumping out of planes as a Special Forces soldier.Livelsberger left his Colorado home on Dec.
26 after his wife, with whom he shared a baby daughter, left him over cheating allegations, two...