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self-torment
noun[ U ]
(alsoselftorment)uk /ˌselfˈtɔː.ment/ us /ˌselfˈtɔːr.ment/
great mental suffering and unhappiness caused by your own thoughts:
After months of self-torment and indecision, he achieved some sort of peace.
She carried a heavy weight of guilt and self-torment.
The trauma of his father's death provokes Hamlet to self-torment and despair.
She experienced a long weekend of pain, doubt, and self-torment.
I got myself into some serious self-torment where I imagined making a phone call to his mother.
He hopes that patience and forgiveness can succeed where self-torment has failed.
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