Read the account of her basic training experience. Manning was raised a very special snowflake. Her parents would be a great case study in how not to do it (raise a self-actualized, independent human being). Manning is infantilized forever. This is a grown ass person still using hashtags, emojiis and avatars to communicate to people.
americanmilitarynews.com/2017/01/i-knew-chelsea-manning-in-basic-combat-training-heres-the-story-you-havent-heard/
You read that and you won't think "WTF?" you'll be thinking, "oh, yeah okay, makes sense now. Boy had the quit in him. Probably daddy issues."