self-punishment

After I overeat, self-punishment restricting food intake and/or purging, vomiting, or over-exercising is the only thing that makes me feel better.

Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Are You Beating Yourself Up for Overindulging? Jean Fain 2011

After I overeat, self-punishment restricting food intake and/or purging, vomiting, or over-exercising is the only thing that makes me feel better.

Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Are You Beating Yourself Up for Overindulging? Jean Fain 2011

KH: Most of us see food as a pleasure and a necessity to life, so why do so many people use eating as a form of self-punishment?

Kristen Houghton: Addicted to Food? It's a Complicated Relationship Kristen Houghton 2011

KH: Most of us see food as a pleasure and a necessity to life, so why do so many people use eating as a form of self-punishment?

Kristen Houghton: Addicted to Food? It's a Complicated Relationship Kristen Houghton 2011

KH: Most of us see food as a pleasure and a necessity to life, so why do so many people use eating as a form of self-punishment?

Kristen Houghton: Addicted to Food? It's a Complicated Relationship Kristen Houghton 2011

Meanwhile, Rose, who at one point complains that she's not good at anything, is shown to have been really good at the kind of self-sacrifice that is really self-punishment.

Lance Mannion: 2009

Meanwhile, Rose, who at one point complains that she's not good at anything, is shown to have been really good at the kind of self-sacrifice that is really self-punishment.

Protective gestures: A review of Sunshine Cleaning 2009

Addiction is certainly an expression of suffering and the need for amelioration, but it’s also of course a manner of self-indulgence in the form of self-punishment, which is what all the players are engaged in.

Chang-rae Lee - An interview with author 2010

So as I think about it, winter is shaping up to be pretty busy -- not even counting any trips or ice fishing or perhaps mid-winter steelheading should I suddenly have a desire for self-punishment.

Winter Survival Tactics 2009

KH: Most of us see food as a pleasure and a necessity to life, so why do so many people use eating as a form of self-punishment?

Kristen Houghton: Addicted to Food? It's a Complicated Relationship Kristen Houghton 2011