From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishself-inflictedˌself-inˈflicted adjectiveCAUSEself-inflicted pain, problems, illnesses etc are those you have caused yourself
self-inflicted gunshot wounds
Stress is often self-inflicted.Examples from the Corpusself-inflicted• Stress and anxiety are often self-inflicted.• The computer-equipped force sufferedself-inflictedcasualties more than three times higher than those in previousexercises without computers.• Farming's image looks like getting another damagingself-inflicteddent as a result of what the public perceive as wholesaletaxdodging.• They can also help a floundering organization extricate itself from the depths of a self-inflictedmalaise.• So, with a self-inflictedslap on the wrist, I leave you.• An attempt to make the change will likely prove to be another self-inflictedwound for Republicans.• How could she possibly know that he was wading in blood from a self-inflicted wound?
