Need Help for a friend

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wiccianslayer

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I discovered a Friend of mine likes to burn thing, It's nothing much just matches and little bits of paper burnt one by one in an ashtray, She swears she's careful and she used to do it when she was younger at about 7 and 8 but she only just started doing it again, Tonight was the second time. She said she just wants to do it when she's kind of bored but I'm still worried, What Do I do?
 
I wouldn't deem it as normal behaviour. Usually people who burn things do it to supposedly relieve tension and get some kind of gratification from it. How you would approach dealing with this, well, I'm honestly not sure but it's something that needs to be addressed.

I don't know what age your friend is, but it sure sounds like she needs to talk to someone about the real reasons she likes to burn things...saying she does it just because of boredom seems a little unbelievable to me, she must get something else out of it.

I'm sorry I can't be of more help, but I do hope your friend gets the help she needs. 🙂
 
Tome
Tome
Nice sig!!
Hm, I also have a friend who likes to burn things. :/ Apparently she even set a spider on fire once. On purpose. *Cringes*

Can't say that I have any grand advice for you. I'd just talk to her and see if she'll tell you anything. But, as edb said, that's definitely not normal behavior.
 
Willow Rosenberg
Willow Rosenberg
Not that I'm a fan of spiders...but ewww...ewww ..ewww :S
I used to loooove fire. I'd do that 'spray your hand with body spray and light it on fire' thing... Honestly why? Thought it was *neat-o*. Accidentally lit the sheet covering my air mattress on fire during a mission trip once. >><<>> Some people are just a little bit cooky... Does your friend seem (in other ways) like she might have some depression/anger/other secret issues? I don't think burning things in itself necessarily means something is wrong, but it's worth making sure she's okay. I don't feel like someone would have been out of line thinking there was something wrong with me. There probably was, but it was likely that I was dropped on my head as a baby. 😛 I was the most annoyingly chipperdee chica back then, definitely not with the depression/anger issues.

---------- Post added at 09:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:27 PM ----------

This was in middleschool/early highschool. I'm now almost 23. ...and so far, still alive. 🙂 No longer as excited by fire...
'Fire bad... Tree pretty.' XD
 
I used to burn lots of matches when I was young just because I liked the smell of them, but I don't really do it now I guess it was just a phase for me.
 
it more than likely is a phase. I used to burn things all the time when I was 16. I guess it was a way for me to vent without really venting? But I do still think you should tell someone better qualified to help her, you know, just in case it isn't a phase and there are some psychological things happening there...
 
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