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Tui
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Tui asked in Social SciencePsychology · 1 decade ago

is there a clinical name for someone that enjoys burning themselves with lighters or cigarettes?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Self-injury is a symptom of many different disorders.

    Borderline Personality Disorder is one such diagnosis which often features the symptom of self-injurious behavior.

    ~Dr. B.~

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    A pyromaniac or something like that is someone who's fascinated with started fires for no reason (other than being disturbed).

    Don't know if there's a clinical name for burning oneself.

    If someone's really hurting themselves, I'd think that they're dealing more with Bipolar disorder... but not everyone can be categorized easily.

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