I grew aware of my self-destructive tendencies and slowly overcame them.

Nor did she detect the self-destructive tendencies that usually attracted men to her kind.

But economic factors seem to have reinforced Hollywood's self-destructive tendencies.

Key to the characters' misadventures is that in the end, they survive despite their self-destructive tendencies.

These three artists are hardly a representative sample, and each probably had some self-destructive tendencies before achieving popular success.

They were also portrayed as at odds with society, having tragic lives, and often given to self-destructive tendencies.

He remains optimistic that humankind may yet find a way to rise above its self-destructive tendencies.

Was it a root cause of my self-destructive tendencies?

Every now and then the name of a pop star with self-destructive tendencies comes up as a possibility.

Nobody involved seems to have any chemical dependencies or self-destructive tendencies.