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^: S82
• Pursuit of an ulterior motive, including:
  • To avoid military service^: 96
• Self-surgery,^: S82 including:
  • Autoenucleation
  • Self-inflicted caesarean section
  • Self-castration
• Body modification, including for ritual purposes^: 71
• Autoeroticism^: S82

While some sources use the terms to include accidental injury,^: 408 others cast "self-inflicted" in opposition to "accidental".

The term is also used metaphorically, akin to "shooting oneself in the foot".