True story...

[LeftyFingerPop]

I used to have a friend when I was younger. He used to burn the hair off his forearm with a lit cigarette.

Then, he advanced to laying the lit cigarette on the skin of his forearm until he got second degree burns.

He would scream while he was doing this "THIS FUCKING SUCKS...I HATE THIS"!

I asked him why he would keep doing it if he hated it so much.

He would just stare at me, expressionless.

Sad to say,...but he was an enormously stupid fuck.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. sounds like a

borderline personality disorder, instead of cutting...he chose burning.

Have recurring suicidal thoughts, make repeated suicide attempts, or cause self-injury through mutilation, such as cutting or burning himself or herself.

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/tc/borderline-personality-disorder-symptoms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderline_Personality_Disorder

[LeftyFingerPop]

2. Seriously....I don't think he had a disorder...

He used to bitch about everything, even if he had control on whether to participate in an activity or not...he would bitch about it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. mental illness is indeed baffling.

so many factors, nature vs nuture....

[LeftyFingerPop]

4. Thing is...I don't think this guy was mentally ill...

I think he was a run of the mill dumb ass.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. while mental illness is tough to treat...

sadly, stupidity is incurable. Pity the fool.

[leeroysphitz]

5. .

[NJmaverick]

6. He probably did it to try and impress his friends

that's the root cause of many a stupid action

[LeftyFingerPop]

7. Come to think of it, that probably had a lot to do with it...

I think the guy had zero self esteem.

[Parche]

9. what was his name....Harry Burns?

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