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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotemnophilia

http://www.omg-facts.com/Celebs/A-Rare-Psychological-Condition-Makes-Peo/23351

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/11/06/elective-amputation-why-some-people-want-to-cut-off-their-limbs/

Here are three articles on people who want things amputated. About 20 years ago a man in my county bought a chainsaw, got alcohol and bandages and applied a tourniquet to his leg…called 911, then chopped his leg off.

It’s not common, but it’s not uncommon, either.

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It’s not common, but it’s not uncommon, either.

That's why they invented Thorazine.