Self-inflicted wound

A self-inflicted wound (SIW) or self-inflicted injury (SII) is a physical injury done to oneself. This may occur in contexts including:

• Suicide or suicide attempt
• Self-harm (non-suicidal self-injury)
• As a result of an organic brain syndrome
• Pursuit of an ulterior motive, including:
• To avoid military service
• Self-surgery, including:
• Autoenucleation (often overlapping with self-harm)
• Self-inflicted caesarean section
• Self-castration
• Body modification, including for ritual purposes
• Autoeroticism

While some sources use the terms to include accidental injury, others cast "self-inflicted" in opposition to "accidental".

The term is also used metaphorically, akin to "".

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