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self-defeating

There are lots of things you can't do by trying, because the motivation to do them is itself preventing the thing from occurring. I call these psychological or cultural strange loops.

• wanting a girlfriend
• wanting to not be self-conscious
• wanting a celebrity to be friends with you
• wanting a handicapped person to be friends with you
• being humble because humbleness is a virtue