  We investigate the choice behavior of a decision maker (DM) who harms
herself, by maximizing some distortion of her true preference, in which the
first $i$ alternatives are moved to the bottom, in a reversed order. The
deterministic declination of our pattern has no empirical power, but it allows
to define a degree of self-punishment, which measures the extent of the denial
of pleasure adopted by the DM in her decision. We analyze irrational choices
that display the lowest degree of self-punishment, and a characterization of
them is provided. Moreover, we characterize the choice behavior that exhibits
the highest degree of self-punishment, and we show that it comprises almost all
choices. We also characterize stochastic self-punishment, which collects all
the Random Utility Models (RUMs) whose support is restricted to the harmful
distortions of some preference. Full identification of the DM's preference and
randomization over its harmful distortions is allowed if each alternative is
selected from the ground set with probability greater than zero. Finally, the
degree of self-punishment of harmful stochastic choices is characterized.
