self-torment
noun
self-tor·ment
ˌself-ˈtȯr-ˌment
plural self-torments
: the act or an instance of tormenting oneself especially psychologically
years of self-torment
… he had an unfortunate taste for gambling; and … he always lost thrice where he gained once. That's a mode of self-torment I never was much addicted to.—Anne Brontë
I have not yet looked at the newspaper. Generally I leave it till I come back tired from my walk; it amuses me then to see what the noisy world is doing, what new self-torments men have discovered …—Henry Ryecroft
self-tormentor
ˌself-tȯr-ˈmen-tər
noun
-ˈtȯr-ˌmen-
plural self-tormentors
Of course the last thing the good doctor would wish is to foist all these complexes on anyone. Engagingly and persuasively he coaxes self-tormentors to have mercy on themselves.
—Liesl Schillinger
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