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Deliberately hurting yourself is self-centeredness and often a result of depression. No one that loves self is going to deliberately hurt themselves.

Individuals that are depressed are self-centered, they are selfish. They only think about themselves, their thoughts and their current situation.

This isn't a judgment (because I know "self-centered" and "selfish" are words often used with a negative connotation) it's just what is objectively happening. I was depressed for 20 years, this is what I did.

Exactly.

You're describing a misperception. They thought only as individuals because they did not see that thinking this way would be detrimental to them.

If they knew what they were doing is aiding in their own demise, they would not of done it... Unless they were depressed/self hating. If they were not self hating, they were not perceiving the situation correctly because people that love themselves don't deliberately hurt themselves.

(Depression/Self-hate is also misperception but that's a different conversation)