Self-coercion

"Self-coercion" is when a person forces themselves to do something against their own desires or inclinations, often by using internal pressure, guilt, or rigid self-imposed rules. It's like acting as both the authoritarian and the subject within your own mind.

Examples of self-coercion:
Forcing yourself to work late into the night even though you're exhausted, because you believe resting would be "lazy."

Compulsively exercising not out of joy or health, but because you feel worthless if you don’t meet a certain goal.

Suppressing emotions or desires because you tell yourself it's weak or wrong to feel them.
Philosophers like Nietzsche and Foucault have explored self-coercion in terms of internalized norms and power. Modern thinkers also relate it to internalized capitalism or perfectionism, where people push themselves to meet societal standards even at personal cost.