self-condemnation

He tended to mask his gay self through self-accusation and self-condemnation.

There is a hint of self-condemnation.

Without hearing some other, kinder voice, the echoes of self-condemnation can grow louder and louder.

The inner voice that normally whispers worthlessness can become a shout of self-condemnation.

As the speaker excavates her grief and disbelief, she slowly moves from self-condemnation to a fiery insistence that she can overcome her boyfriend’s damaging assessments of her worth and reclaim the power she once had.