self-mutilation

noun

1. the act or an instance of mutilating oneself

Example Sentences

He recounts how ‘almost everyone’ in group sessions participated in the recommended self-harm and self-mutilation punishments.

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Character.ai is "causing serious harms to thousands of kids, including suicide, self-mutilation, sexual solicitation, isolation, depression, anxiety, and harm towards others," it says.

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For example, in 2017 the state of New Jersey passed legislation expressly prohibiting the housing of “vulnerable populations in solitary confinement,” which included prisoners with a history of mental illness or those exhibiting recent conduct like self-mutilation.

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The 16 performances represented in the gallery by videos, photographs and drawings include more than a decade of ordeals of endurance and self-mutilation, in which the often-stoic artist evokes the brutal history of colonialism, racism and enslavement.

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Monkeys kept as pets and made to perform tricks suffer from psychological trauma that manifests in extreme aggression, repetitive movements, and self-mutilation, as well as physical damage that may be irreversible, she says.

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