self-torment

Thân thiện

She engages in self-torment by dwelling on past mistakes.

Definition

Noun: 1. Self-imposed distress: A state of mental or emotional suffering that a person deliberately inflicts upon themselves or allows to continue, often through negative thoughts, guilt, or regret.

Usage

The noun "self-torment" describes a psychological state. It is typically used to emphasize that the source of a person's suffering is internal and often unnecessary. * It is often used with verbs like endure, inflict, stop, or be a form of. * It can be modified by adjectives like needless, constant, or mental.

Examples

• His constant guilt over the minor mistake became a form of self-torment.
• She realized that replaying the argument in her mind was just self-torment.
• He finally decided to stop the cycle of self-torment and forgive himself.

Advanced Usage

• As a concept in psychology: The term can be used to discuss patterns of negative self-talk or rumination where an individual is their own source of punishment.
  • The therapy focused on breaking her patterns of self-torment.

Variants and Related Words

• Self-tormenting (adjective): Describing an action or behavior that causes self-torment.
  • His self-tormenting thoughts kept him awake at night.
• Self-torture (noun): A very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "self-torment."

Synonyms

• Self-punishment
• Self-torture
• Masochism (in a psychological context, though this is a more clinical term)
• Anguish

Idioms and Related Phrases

• To be one's own worst enemy: This idiom captures the idea of "self-torment" by suggesting a person creates their own problems.
  • By refusing to let go of the past, he was being his own worst enemy.

Học thuật

Noun

1. self-imposed distress

Từ đồng nghĩa

• self-torture