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self-torture
noun[ U ]
(alsoselftorture)uk /ˌselfˈtɔː.tʃər/ us /ˌselfˈtɔːr.tʃɚ/
the act of causing great mental, emotional or physical pain to yourself:
Survivors of the fire talk about it over and over again, to the point where it almost seems a kind of self-torture.
Aspects of his training involve such extremes of self-torture that most readers will find them questionable.
The book asks which is best: ignorant happiness or awareness that leads to self-torture?
The physical pain of his illness and fever were intensified by mental self-torture.
Strangely enough, he seems to enjoy the self-torture of long sessions on the rowing machine.
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