Self-destructive behavior

Self-destructive behavior is any behavior that is harmful or potentially harmful towards the person who engages in the behavior.
Self-destructive behaviors are considered to be on a continuum, with one extreme end of the scale being suicide. Self-destructive actions may be deliberate, born of impulse, or developed as a <a href="/facts/Habit_(psychology)/qISaGCqe">habit</a>. The term however tends to be applied toward self-destruction that either is <a href="/facts/Death/VJmq29qm">fatal</a>, or is potentially habit-forming or <a href="/facts/Behavioral_addiction/yQbYGfQj">addictive</a> and thus potentially fatal. It is also applied to the potential at a communal or global level for the entire human race to destroy itself through the technological choices made by society and their possible consequences.
Individual self-destructive behavior is often associated with neurodevelopmental or mental disorders such as <a href="/facts/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder/uSqjIyhd">attention deficit hyperactivity disorder</a>, <a href="/facts/Borderline_personality_disorder/VFaa63gE">borderline personality disorder</a> or <a href="/facts/Schizophrenia/FMP4lQ57">schizophrenia</a>.

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Self-destructive behavior