self-induced
- adjective
- /sɛlf ɪnˈdust/
- Some nights there is cause; others are self-induced nights of worry fed by the imagination.
- self-induced vomiting
You're not suffering from self induced anxiety and depression because you're watching TV all day and screen sucking on social media.
- You're not suffering from self induced anxiety and depression because you're watching TV all day and screen sucking on social media.
- So the REM sleep is important for kind of the self induced therapy and forgetting the bad stuff.
Examples
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After months of stress, she realized that her insomnia was largely self-induced.
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So the REM sleep is important for kind of the self induced therapy and forgetting the bad stuff.
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Some difficulties are self-induced.
Academic text (2005) -
Those early worries about an eventual fate in hell were part of a pattern of self-induced anxiety and stress that became more pronounced as I got older.
Blog text (31) -
It was as if the silence was called for, nature's remedy to the self-induced stress of a busy life.
Blog text (25) -
There is a need to reevaluate personal and professional priorities, goals, and objectives to lessen the impact of self-induced stress and inner feelings of ineffectiveness.
Academic text (1993) -
Many of her health issues were self-induced due to poor lifestyle choices.
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He acknowledged that his self-induced feelings of despair were affecting his relationships.
Synonyms
A person decides or sets it by their own choice, not by others
Made by a person without outside help
Made by itself without outside help
How Intentional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Self-induced is made of self ('by oneself') and induced ('to lead or cause'), a root you can see in the common word produce. So a self-induced condition is something you have 'brought on yourself', often on purpose.