Pyromania - Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Pyromania is an impulse disorder. Pyromania is an intense obsession with fire , explosives , and their related effects. Most children go through a stage where they like to see fire.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. Pyromaniacs start fires to induce euphoria , and often tend to fixate on institutions of fire control like fire stations and firefighters . Pyromaniacs are identified specifically as not having any other symptoms but obsession with fire causing their behavior. It is distinct from arson , and pyromaniacs are also distinct from those who start fires because of psychoses , for personal, monetary or political gain, or for acts of revenge. Pyromania occurs more commonly in males, especially those with poor social skills and learning difficulties. Pyromania is extremely dangerous to the person with the disorder as well as to others. People with this disorder may have poor social skills.