Self-afflicting
verb (used with object)
1.
to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously:
to be afflicted with arthritis.
2.
Obsolete.
to overthrow; defeat.
to humble.
verb
1.
(transitive) to cause suffering or unhappiness to; distress greatly
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