Talk:Pyromania
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[edit] Expansion
- What should be included in this article? The popular culture references are minimal.....[[Judgesurreal777 06:08, 27 February 2006
Pyromania involves deliberate and purposeful fire setting on at least two occasions. There is typically tension or heightened arousal prior to the act and gratification or relief afterward. The fire setting is not done for monetary gain or an expression of anger, vengeance, personal gain, or psychosis.
- i am a pyromaniac and yes, i like to burn things..... i dont no why, but when i look at a flame i feel difrint, a filing of joy. i dont no if that what it means to be a pyromaniac but i have bin none to set my backpack on fire in p.e., and.... some times just random things but, i cant help it i dont no why, i just do,... and this page thing is probably gowing to be deletid eny way but i just wontid to say this
and my name is ***** *****
- [cough] Lemme translate that last bit:
I am a pyromaniac and yes, I like to burn things... I don't know why, but when I look at a flame, I feel different, a feeling of joy. I don't know if that's what it means to be a pyromaniac, but I have been known to set my backpack on fire in P.E. and sometimes just random things. But I can't help it. I don't know why, I just do. And this page thing is probably going to be deleted anyway, but I just wanted to say this.
Yeah, that's kind of creepy right there. I agree, though. This article is in need of some attention. Anger, vengeance, and personal gain would probably just qualify as arson, not pyromania. Psychosis... is debatable. I'm sure it could still cause an attraction to and gratification from fire, but if hallucinations are to blame... So I'd personally rule out psychosis. I think I'll look into working on this article. 70.16.94.96 03:32, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup tag
I inserted a cleanup tag in the section "Symptoms & demographics" because it's, well, rather odd. "Immaturity" is really vague, and I doubt that bed-wetting has much to do with pyromania. —Saric (Talk) 00:34, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
- And are you a psychologist? Have you studied this? It could very well be that bed-wetting is highly correlated with pyromania, non-obvious as it may be. 131.225.236.26 21:52, 9 August 2006 (UTC) Jon Wilson
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- Dont worry, that comment is way before the article got to its current state. Judgesurreal777 00:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] GA status
The article seems to have a good lead and seems to fit the MoS, the one image is properly tagged, broadness seems fair but not great, it seems NPOV and reads well, and it looks like every single sentence in this article is referenced, assuming that the refs at the bottom cover the information in the introduction. The biggest two things I can think of for advice here is to maybe find another picture, Pyromania is a bit of a famous phenominon and I'd think there would be many good pictures out there, and with broadness, I think the history section could use more information. Specifically, try to discuss when Pyromania may of been first recognized as a real psycological condition, or any other major changes to psycological board definitions of the condition as times changed. Maybe include some of the most famous instances of Pyromania, maybe any record holders (Like most houses burned) and a short mention of figures in damage as history has progressed if its possible to find such things, or maybe the most damaging instance of Pyromania ever if there even is such a thing. Homestarmy 22:34, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Commonness
Pyromania's way more common than that: about one in four are.
[edit] I love puns!
". . . analyzing it to help the patient extinguish the behavior." Yikes. Was that intentional?
[edit] Pyromania as a cool thing?
Should something be added to the article about Pyromania among younger generations? I'm sure we've all met kids/teenagers who think it's cool to call themselves a pyromaniac and say they like to play with fire to get attention. Kind of retarded, but still rather common. Yeorin 14:51, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] From a pyro's perspective...
I am a pyromaniac. Under this term, I reject the assertion that it is a mental illness, or a moral deficiency. Pyromania is simply a safe love of fire. We love to set things on fire, but unlike arsonists, we always make sure that we're in control, and only set fire to things in a safe and controlled manner. After reading the entry in the Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescent Impulse Control Disorders, a friend made the astute observation that "they keep calling it a disorder. Do we do any harm to anyone? Do we set fires in anything but a safe and controlled manner?" I personally find it disturbing that we are treated as diseased, and as a subject for therapy. There is nothing wrong with pyromania, as long as the fires are set in a safe and controlled manner, and closely observed. --HubHikari 05:18, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
