The other kind of self-hatred, on the contrary, hates selves as such [as opposed to the self-centred self]. It begins by accepting the special value of the particular self called me, then, wounded in its pride to find that such a darling object should be so disappointing, it seeks revenge, first upon that self, then on all. Deeply egoistic, but now with an inverted egoism, it uses the revealing argument, "I don't spare myself" - with the implication..."I need not spare others"...
CSL, "Two Ways with the Self", in Christian Reunion.
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