Mr. McAvoy, who appeared with Mr. Cumberbatch in "Atonement" and "Starter for 10," said the toughest challenge he faced was not the glaring eye of fans or the news media but a self-imposed demand to live up to the expectations of his fellow actors.
This construct grew out of clinical observations made when treating patients with eating disorders, and refers specifically to a dysfunctional type of self-focused perfectionism in which the individual determinedly pursues self-imposed, personally demanding standards, despite adverse consequences.
Nineteenth-century male writers had more freedom and, as a consequence of the self-imposed tedium their writing demanded, they tended to go mad every few months.
It's a fairly loose requirement, but Mr. Watson follows it — the letters of "Musostics" show up in the album's nine song titles — along with equally demanding self-imposed convolutions that hark back to the whimsical 1970s progressive rock of groups like Soft Machine.
Two years after her self-imposed exile, the Supreme Court demanded the annulment of her acquittal once more.
People aren't taking breaks ― and some of these demands are self-imposed.
Between self-imposed imperfections and the unrealistic demands of society, passing through pre-womanhood can be a challenging feat.
Some administrators say the trend is more self-imposed than a response to employer demands for 365-day-a-year availability.
The obstacles to price "stability," a buzzword embraced as warmly by the United States as by Saudi Arabia, have been numerous: chronic cheating within the cartel on its self-imposed output restrictions; inaccurate estimates of demand and inventories; poor forecasting; and the inevitable surprises induced by weather, war and other calamities.
Instead, Hazard's management team released a statement defending their player from accusations about his attitude, and demanding respect to avoid self-imposed exile.
