The most common form of self-harm is using a sharp object to cut one's skin, but self-harm also covers a wide range of behaviors including burning, scratching, banging or hitting body parts, interfering with wound healing (dermatillomania), hair-pulling (trichotillomania) and the ingestion of toxic substances or objects.
Definition of publicity for English Language Learners. : 1  something that attracts the attention of the public. : 2  attention that is given to someone or something by newspapers, magazines, television news programs, etc. : 3  the activity or business of getting people to give attention to someone or something.
Celebrity refers to the fame and public attention accorded by the mass media to individuals or groups or, occasionally, animals, but is usually applied to the persons or groups of people (celebrity couples, families, etc.) themselves who receive such a status of fame and attention.