like turkeys voting for Christmas
antipositional
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
struggling
snookered
self-destruction
self-defeating
shoot oneself in the foot
beat down
out to get someone
execution-style
defeat
professional suicide
self-denial
outdoing
seeksorrow
pay dearly
self-own
challenge
self-defense
self-protection
recharacterization
self-injure
self-denigrating
self-defence
reckoning
obstructionist
penance
malicious
victimizer
bloody
meet one's match
scapegoat
victimiser
be one's own worst enemy
misperform
endangerment
mean
fool with
self-torment
self-torture
appel
power trip
self-destructive
daunting
unfavourable
spot
abstinence
blot
egonomics
over a barrel
enervate
altruism
defloration
gladiator
stain
unfavorable
ass in a sling
smear
cast the first stone
spike someone's guns
smirch
player hater
disadvantageous
self-punishment
pugnacity
left-handed
throne sniffer
victimization
self-harmer
attention-seeking
dashing hopes
conduct
self-stultifying
autoconfrontation
behavior
accosting
self-doubt
burn one's fingers
doings
disappointment
dig one's own grave
steer
treachery
behaviour
gird
goalodicy
self-assertiveness
effectuation
self-abuse
recussion
combativity
tie someone's hands
reap the whirlwind
self-destroyer
lie in the bed one has made
game
bear