self-inflicted

Many people are not aware of just how much negativity they consume, self-inflicted or otherwise.

No one wants to make it look as if their children (who, like hangovers, are self-inflicted) make them less reliable workers.

I cannot quite see how the German chancellor is going to extricate herself from these self-inflicted constraints.

The whole saga has been a self-inflicted wound for Mr Hatoyama, exacerbated by a succession of confusing messages coming from his cabinet.

I had had a lot of stones cast at me, and through my own self-inflicted wounds I had been exposed to the whole world.

But its loneliness, partly self-inflicted, is making it a worse place, not just for the Palestinians but also for its own people.

Michael steps out to watch him being taken away, blood from his self-inflicted wound trickling from his forehead.

This proves that he is made of sterner stuff than I. All my worst time-wasting is self-inflicted.

That endorsement could disappear if the company suffers another 'self-inflicted wound' that sinks its stock price, said one large investor.

Of course, the real threat turned out to be the self-inflicted wounds that we suffered in Iraq, Afghanistan, and on Wall Street.

Nevertheless, Washington may have already administered a remarkable self-inflicted wound to the United States' financial standing.

I keep sinking into sorrow (self-inflicted though it is) until it occurs to me that I will drown unless I can drag myself out.

They seemed to enjoy their self-inflicted pain, and thus the new term " masochism " seemed to fit their case as well.

Before initiation, I expected everything to be perfect. However, my limited capabilities only brought self-inflicted pain.

Some were saying that the laws and the Constitution must be interpreted flexibly to avoid self-inflicted democratic disaster.

In truth, the biggest threats to Russia's future stem not from its "enemies" but from internal weaknesses, some of them self-inflicted.

He has also refused to blame the American economic embargo for problems which he rightly says are self-inflicted.

I guess it's self inflicted torture but it's part of my job and I love it.

That would be inexcusable, and entirely self-inflicted by Washington.

And that would only add to deficits in what he called a "self-inflicted wound. "

That crisis was largely self- inflicted, the product of an overdependence on fickle flows of foreign finance.

Washington -- Is money the solution to a burgeoning, and self-inflicted, world health problem?

Yet at least to some extent, the industry is suffering from problems that are self-inflicted.

This day-tripping was rather different to the logistical challenges faced by earlier travellers, even if those were self-inflicted.

He was also a wreck -- perpetually unhappy, he died at 30 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The paper claimed that these three beliefs in action create "self-inflicted problems" and will require unlearning to move beyond.

Even discounting for the impact of global recession, the most populous state's ills are unique and self-inflicted -- and avoidable.

Other problems are self-inflicted. Avon made a mess of its new IT system in Brazil.

Nick is now in the hospital with esophageal ulcers due to vomiting and coughing. I have seen this before and am sure it is self-inflicted.

"But his news conference showcased once again his propensity for self-inflicted wounds" ( Newsweek ).

But if he can stick to the long perspective he can still avoid the Idiot's self-inflicted fate.

They have also given voice to once-obscure scholars advancing bold solutions to America's economic funk and Europe's self-inflicted crisis.

Yet the policy differences in this new climate may be more about self-inflicted wounds than creative opportunities.

The invasion of Iraq, he says, was a grievous self-inflicted wound.

The pain he is feeling from the self-inflicted wound to his hand will go away soon.

Such self-inflicted damage is neither occasional nor restricted to higher policy.

died of a self - inflicted gunshot wound.

s the truth. Stress from this kind of jealousy is self-inflicted.

But colds are not self-inflicted and it is not alarming or embarrassing to have one.

Liverpool's defence badly needs an injection of pace but many of its problems are self-inflicted.

"The turmoil in North Korea is self-inflicted and far more damaging than the [UN] sanctions, " said Mr Noland.

Ms True pleaded not guilty, but her case suffered badly from self-inflicted wounds.

As self-inflicted curses go, the miner's $38. 1bn Alcan acquisition two years ago is hard to beat.

Recently he has taken to heaping blame on the European Central Bank for France's self-inflicted failings .

But that will only happen if we put a stop to self-inflicted wounds in Washington.

Most of the industry's troubles are self-inflicted.

Most extinctions of species are not caused by usurpers, but by other factors, like climate change, comets, or self inflicted troubles.

Relive those times of self-inflicted celibacy!

Writing secure code does not guard against self-inflicted security holes when working with unmanaged resources such as databases.

Now the frenemy has become a scapegoat for many of the industry's self-inflicted wounds.

America's job woes have also been self-inflicted.

We just can't afford a politically self-inflicted wound to our economy.

But the problems are not all self-inflicted.

A lot of bad things in this world is self inflicted by humans ourselves.

It took Roger a long time and a lot of self-inflicted wounds to finally get to the source of the hurt in his heart.

In Mr Blair's case, the damage has been self-inflicted.

Second, many of Taiwan's problems are self- inflicted.

Unlike Japan, however, South Korea does not have a long tradition of self-inflicted death.

The loss of production from this largely self-inflicted crisis amounts to trillions of dollars.

"This is a self-inflicted margin-reduction, " Mr Kurtz says.

Hauser died after receiving a stab wound to the chest which was possible self-inflicted.

Mind you, the Pearl Harbor attack was self inflicted.

Do not blame me, this is your self-inflicted, and who told you this magnitude.

This is a grievous, self-inflicted wound.

I have seen this before and am sure it is self-inflicted .

Free Your Space - When we are reminded of something we own but never use, we can impose self-inflicted guilt for leaving it unused.

The most important thing to keep in mind, though, is that stress is mostly self inflicted.

Luckily, these are all self-inflicted problems that we can choose to address.

Fighting, excessive drinking, suicide, self-inflicted injury or drug abuse by the Insured;

Substance Abuse and Self-Inflicted Injury

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