Definition of "self-torture" [self•-tor•ture]

• The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "My mental self-torture was interrupted when my cousin Will stuck his grizzled brown head through my office door."
• "We overeat for a reason, and the reason, believe it or not, isn't self-torture."
• "Normally, when I try to get myself psyched up for the kind of self-torture CrossFit requires, I use the "Judgment Night" soundtrack."