a physical injury or wound we do to ourselves resulting from self-injury behaviour or attempted suicide.
SELF-INFLICTED WOUND: "Joe had several self-inflicted wounds on his arms from self harm."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "SELF-INFLICTED WOUND," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/self-inflicted-wound/ (accessed July 6, 2022).