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Pónostillomania

The urge to pull the part of the body that is hurting.

Depending on the severity, people could actually pull out the painful body part, but most people that experience this tend not to do it.

The word comes from the Greek πόνος; pónos (meaning "pain"), along with τίλλειν; tíllein (meaning "to pull"), and μανία; mania (meaning "madness").
Person 1: I can't take the pain anymore, I want to tear my arm off my body.
Person 2: Are you Pónostillomaniac?
by The_answerer July 19, 2019
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