self-affliction
Intentional personal damage
Self-affliction is the act of causing harm or suffering to oneself, whether physical or psychological.
The term covers deliberate self-injury, self-imposed hardship, or voluntary deprivation: His constant self-affliction through overwork destroyed his health.
Sometimes carries religious or penitential connotations, as with fasting or flagellation undertaken as spiritual discipline.
Dividing via sharp edge
- burningCombustion in progress
- scratchingRaking with nails
- scarificationIntentional shallow skin cuts
- bruisingCausing tissue discoloration
biting · wounding · laceration · overdosing · mutilation · injury · masochism · flagellation
Intense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- painBodily or emotional distress
misery · despair · grief · sorrow · heartache · woe · melancholy · depression
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- healingRestoration of health
intervention · rehabilitation · support · recovery · mindfulness · resilience · coping · wellness
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- burningCombustion in progress
- scratchingRaking with nails
- scarificationIntentional shallow skin cuts
bruising · biting · wounding · laceration · overdosing · mutilation · injury · masochism · flagellation · mortification
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
pain · misery · despair · grief · sorrow · heartache · woe · melancholy · depression · hopelessness
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- treatmentCare for an ailment
healing · intervention · rehabilitation · support · recovery · mindfulness · resilience · coping · wellness · aftercare
self-afflictionvictimization
Being made to suffer
persecution · assault · abuse · oppression · battery
self-afflictionself-care
Maintaining personal wellbeing
self-love · self-compassion · self-healing · self-preservation · self-soothing
self-afflictionself-compassion
Gentle understanding toward oneself
self-acceptance · self-forgiveness · self-kindness · self-esteem · self-respect
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