self-destructive
Harming one's own
Self-destructive describes behavior that harms oneself or undermines one's own interests: His drinking was self-destructive, a self-destructive pattern of pushing people away.
The harm may be physical, emotional, or social.
Someone in a self-destructive spiral often knows the behavior is damaging but continues anyway.
Pleasure derived from suffering
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
worthlessness · trauma · depression · anxiety · avoidance · denial · dissociation · numbness
Dividing via sharp edge
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- alcoholismAddiction to drinking
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
- purgingForcible elimination of unwanted
overdose · gambling · recklessness · risk-taking · starving · burning · neglect · promiscuity
Chronic occupational depletion
- damageHarm or impairment
- harmInjury or damage
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
breakdown · crisis · rock-bottom · devastation · wreckage · fallout · aftermath · irreversible
Weakening by covert means
- counterproductiveHindering intended outcome
- sabotagingDeliberately undermining or destroying
- repeatingOccurring more than once
- cyclingRiding on two wheels
enabling · codependency · people-pleasing · procrastination · perfectionism · catastrophizing · rumination · maladaptive
masochism
Pleasure derived from suffering
hopelessness · worthlessness · trauma · depression · anxiety · avoidance · denial · dissociation · numbness · coping
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- alcoholismAddiction to drinking
- bingeingUncontrolled excessive intake
purging · overdose · gambling · recklessness · risk-taking · starving · burning · neglect · promiscuity · overspending
burnout
Chronic occupational depletion
deterioration · breakdown · crisis · rock-bottom · devastation · wreckage · fallout · aftermath · irreversible · scarring
undermining
Weakening by covert means
- counterproductiveHindering intended outcome
- sabotagingDeliberately undermining or destroying
- repeatingOccurring more than once
cycling · enabling · codependency · people-pleasing · procrastination · perfectionism · catastrophizing · rumination · maladaptive · dysfunctional
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- Byronic Herobrooding, tormented, mysterious, rebellious, passionate
- self-loathinginner critic, worthlessness, unworthiness, toxic shame, beating yourself up
self-destructivehealthful
Promoting physical wellbeing
helpful · constructive · self-loving · wholesome · nourishing
self-destructiveself-regenerating
Able to restore itself
self-sustaining · self-healing · regenerative · self-repair · self-perpetuating
self-destructiveself-healing
Able to repair itself
regenerative · restorative · recuperative · resilient · thriving
self, destroy, destroyed, destruction, destructive, destroying, destroys, indestructible, destruct