What is Self-destructive behavior?
[[File:Piwarski_Para_pijaków.jpg|thumb|[[Alcoholism]] is a form of self-destructive behavior.]] '''Self-destructive behavior''' is any behavior that is harmful, or that could be harmful to the person who behaves that way. It is sometimes done on purpose but not always. Many people have shown such behavior. They may do it on purpose, out of an impulse, or it may grow to be a habit. It may continue for a long time, some people have [[Suicide|killed themselves]] with such behavior.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Beck|first1=Aaron T.|last2=Kovacs|first2=Maria|last3=Weissman|first3=Arlene|year=1979|title=Assessment of suicidal intention: The Scale for Suicide Ideation|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-consulting-and-clinical-psychology_1979-04_47_2/page/343|journal=Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology|volume=47|issue=2|pages=343–352|doi=10.1037/0022-006X.47.2.343|pmid=469082|s2cid=38965005 }}</ref> When professionals talk about such behavior, they look at behaviors that are fatal, that form a [[habit]], or that lead to some form of [[addiction]]. People who suffer from certain mental illnesses also show self-destructive behavior. Examples of such illnesses are [[attention deficit hyperactivity disorder]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Honos-Webb|first1=Lara|last2=Ph.D.|date=2014-01-13|title=You Will Regret This Later. So Why Are You Doing It?|url=https://www.additudemag.com/impulsivity-adhd-symptom-adults-shame/|access-date=2022-04-04|website=ADDitude|language=en-US}}</ref> [[borderline personality disorder]]<ref>Anthony W. Bateman, Roy Krawitz (2013). Borderline Personality Disorder: An evidence-based guide for generalist mental health professionals. OUP Oxford, {{ISBN|978-0199644209}}</ref> and [[schizophrenia]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Nyman|first1=A. K.|last2=Jonsson|first2=H.|year=1986|title=Patterns of self-destructive behaviour in schizophrenia|journal=Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica|volume=73|issue=3|pages=252–262|doi=10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb02682.x|pmid=3716842|s2cid=39593219 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite j