{"id":4323,"date":"2026-05-13T17:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/self-destruction-and-destruction\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T00:31:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T22:31:48","slug":"self-destruction-and-destruction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/self-destruction-and-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-destruction and destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/psychotherapeutic-support-for-future-mothers-preparing-women-for-pregnancy-or-support-in-the-prenatal-and-postnatal-period\/\">psychology, <\/a>destruction means striving to destroy one&#8217;s surroundings or, in the case of self-destruction, oneself. It can be conscious or unconscious, and is caused by various <a href=\"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/identity-disorders\/\">disorders<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/childhood-trauma\/\">trauma<\/a> and lack of ability to cope with stress. The harmfulness of destructive and self-destructive behaviour means that people who exhibit them often require specialist help in the form of psychotherapy.<\/p>\n\n<nav class=\"wp-block-stackable-table-of-contents stk-block-table-of-contents stk-block stk-635ca19\" data-block-id=\"635ca19\"><p class=\"stk-table-of-contents__title\">Table of contents<\/p><ul class=\"stk-table-of-contents__table\"><li><a href=\"#na-czym-polega-autodestrukcja-i-destrukcja\">What is self-destruction and destruction?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#przyczyny-zachowan-autodestrukcyjnych-i-destrukcyjnych\">Causes of self-destructive and destructive behavior<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n<h2 id=\"na-czym-polega-autodestrukcja-i-destrukcja\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>What is self-destruction and destruction?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-destructive actions include, m.in:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>abuse of psychoactive substances,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>starvation or induction of vomiting,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>self-harm and other forms of intentional bodily harm,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>risky behaviour, such as going to dangerous places, driving a car at excessive speeding or casual unprotected sexual <a href=\"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/contact\/\">contact<\/a> ,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>suicide attempts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Destruction directed at the environment can take many forms, including:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>physical or verbal aggression,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>destroying other people&#8217;s property,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>provoking conflicts,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>manipulating, intimidating or emotionally exploiting others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 id=\"przyczyny-zachowan-autodestrukcyjnych-i-destrukcyjnych\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Causes of self-destructive and destructive behavior<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-destruction and destruction often occur in people who:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>They have experienced violence<\/strong> \u2013 physical, emotional or psychological.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>They have personality disorders <\/strong>\u2013 destructive traits appear, for example, in people with borderline personality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>They feel strong mental tension<\/strong> \u2013 activities such as self-harm or fasting can serve to suppress <a href=\"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/anxiety-disorders\/\">anxiety <\/a>and stress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>They struggle with peer pressure <\/strong>\u2013 this is especially common among teenagers who engage in risky behaviour for fear of losing the group&#8217;s acceptance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Determining the reasons for destruction or self-destruction is an important goal in the beginning<a href=\"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/therapy-for-victims-of-psychological-violence\/\"> of therapy<\/a>, because when working with the patient, it is essential to focus on the cause of the problem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In psychology, destruction means striving to destroy one&#8217;s surroundings or, in the case of self-destruction, oneself. It can be conscious or unconscious, and is caused by various disorders, including trauma and lack of ability to cope with stress. The harmfulness of destructive and self-destructive behaviour means that people who exhibit them often require specialist help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3884,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-4323","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4595,"href":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4323\/revisions\/4595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychotherapy-ipsk.com.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=4323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}