Sentence examples for punishing yourself from inspiring English sources

Back then you probably considered them punishment but today they will save you from punishing yourself.

You have to take a moment to wonder what you are punishing yourself for.

Having reasonable standards of behaviour means not punishing yourself too harshly if you don't get along with someone.

"Ask yourself if, deep down, you have really given up, or are you secretly hoping for a miracle to put things right; and then ask whether, in the meantime, you might be punishing yourself for your part in your downfall".

:-) Quite a lot of readers agreed that there's no point punishing yourself for the sake of finishing something, but judgeDAmNation took the conversation in a different direction: Are there are any books that people have enjoyed reading but still not finished for whatever reason?

You're wasting precious time and energy on punishing yourself.

Why punish yourself, they asked.

If life gets in the way, it's all good, there's absolutely no need to punish yourself for it.

You punish yourself for not matching up to your own wildly unattainable expectations, which have been drawn from society's wildly unattainable expectations.

You mention, "d) something else" – one novel approach is called "spite", in which you punish yourself and "cut off your nose to spite your face".

"They're two separate movies, but if you were to punish yourself by watching them back to back, you'd see a through line," Mr. Craig said.