Self-Punishment

Self-punishment takes many different forms:

1. Putting oneself last.
2. Not setting, starting, or completing goals.
3. Being a martyr/victim.
4. Squandering resources.
5. Staying in unhealthy relationships.
6. Negative self-talk.
7. Mistreatment of one's body.
8. Being stingy with oneself.
9. Trying too hard to please others.

(Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., I'd Change My Life If I Had More Time, p. 72-4)
10 February 2013