#autobiciui

• To self-flagellate — To whip or scourge oneself, as an act of ritual penance or physical mortification in certain religious practices. Figuratively and psychologically, it denotes extreme self-reproach, severe self-accusation, or excessive mental punishment over a mistake or guilt.
• Self-flagellation — The act of whipping or scourging oneself; ritual self-flagellation performed as a physical penance. Figuratively and psychologically, it denotes a destructive mental process of severe self-accusation, extreme self-reproach, and exaggerated emotional punishment driven by deep guilt.
• Self-flagellated — Having whipped or scourged oneself as an act of penance. Figuratively, it describes a person in a state of extreme moral self-punishment, overwhelmed by their own severe self-reproach, intense regrets, and repeated psychological accusations.