Pyromania?? Anyone else?

Hi

I couldn't find a forum for people with fire addiction in England. Does anyone else struggles with this?? I saw people talking about it on American websites but there's not a lot of help in England.

I have been obsessed with starting fires and playing with fire since I was a little kid and don't know how to deal with it. It got quite bad when I was a teenager when I nearly set my room on fire at least 3 times but I managed to stop when I was about 18 for a while. Recently, it's come back though and I'm not sure what I can do to stop it. Why does it keep coming back? I had a pretty horrible childhood but I know lots of people who have who don't struggle with it. I hate that I do it but I also feel really calm when I'm doing it...It's so hard to explain!! If anyone else is going through this please let me know Thanks!!

im not in England im in Australia. but i know how you feel. i started off terifired of fire as a child. now i love it. i have been in trouble with the law for starting fires. its been just over 2 years since i started a fire. i have go married in july 2015. i havet had much thoughts on starting fires but now want to but if i do i will distory what i have gaind and end up in prison again. my childhood was bad too

i dont know why it comes back im like that too. its hard to fight those thoughts but keep trying as it will only lead to troubble in the long run.

My first thought: Don't fight it. Don't be reckless either, but don't fight who you are. Hell, I have to learn this too as I am having a hard time accepting that part of me.

I start fires so often that I constantly smell of smoke. I love it. I have a metal tin that I can burn papers in so it won't get out of control, and some burning material fell out of it onto the carpet. I was hoping for a second that it would catch, but no such luck. It fizzled out and left just a small burn mark on the carpet. Then I realized that if it had caught I would be in a world of trouble. So, just that screams Pyromania. Well, that and the fact that I love fire so much that it is all I think about. I watch fire trucks responding videos just to hear the sirens. It sends me into complete rapture. I "get off" on the feeling of burning something, no matter what it is. I watch house fire videos and have an "orgasm" in my head. It is similar to when you have sex -- that release and pleasure and just explosion of YES! in my head. Yes, I am a Pyromaniac, and it sounds like you are too. Just don't fight it, learn to control it, and have fun with it.

(Wish I could learn to take my own advice there...)

DontKnowWhoIAm wrote:My first thought: Don't fight it. Don't be reckless either, but don't fight who you are. Hell, I have to learn this too as I am having a hard time accepting that part of me.

I start fires so often that I constantly smell of smoke. I love it. I have a metal tin that I can burn papers in so it won't get out of control, and some burning material fell out of it onto the carpet. I was hoping for a second that it would catch, but no such luck. It fizzled out and left just a small burn mark on the carpet. Then I realized that if it had caught I would be in a world of trouble. So, just that screams Pyromania. Well, that and the fact that I love fire so much that it is all I think about. I watch fire trucks responding videos just to hear the sirens. It sends me into complete rapture. I "get off" on the feeling of burning something, no matter what it is. I watch house fire videos and have an "orgasm" in my head. It is similar to when you have sex -- that release and pleasure and just explosion of YES! in my head. Yes, I am a Pyromaniac, and it sounds like you are too. Just don't fight it, learn to control it, and have fun with it.

(Wish I could learn to take my own advice there...)

I have started small fires like that in small metal containers it worked for a bit but it led to bigger fires. I don't get orgams from it I find it calming and helps clear my mind. its been years since I have started fires now and I still have the urge to light them.

I like fire. I've always liked it ever since I can remember. I just thought it was normal to play with matches.

Then when I got older I had a friend and we both used to go around the place making fires and keeping them in control and some got out of control. Could have landed me in a lot of trouble.

I thought about it all the time. What I could do and how I could just walk away and how powerful it would make me feel to just walk away from the devastation I could cause but that was just a dream. My fires were small time.

My love for it returned when I was in my 20s after it lying dormant for about ten years and I would sit up all night making bonfires on the beach. I'd be out in all weather's doing it. Dragging lumps of wood. Keeping it going and just staring into the flames. I love it.

It makes me feel great, powerful and really relaxed.

We had a small house fire when I was a kid and I got the blame. I don't know if that has something to do with it.