make oneself miserable

to do things which cause one to be unhappy. You're just making yourself miserable by trying to do something you aren't qualified to do. I'm not making myself miserable! You're making me miserable.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Robby	RAH-bee	English
Voula	-	Greek
Vitali	vee-TAH-lee (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Tiw	-	Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Vlastimir	-	Serbian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
Alexandria	al-əg-ZAN-dree-ə	English