She sees the whole process as a self-perpetuating cycle.

This is a self-perpetuating cycle designed to keep the Victim down and powerless.

Once metastasis begins, there may be a "vicious, self-perpetuating cycle."

A streak of bad luck is just a self-perpetuating cycle.

"If a company can start diverting growth through these different tactics, then it becomes a self-perpetuating cycle."

This may be due to the numerous changes in the neuroendocrine system, which results in a self-perpetuating cycle.

The result would be a self-perpetuating cycle of more loans, more money, and more inflation.

Markets get caught in self-perpetuating cycles of undue optimism and hysterical panic.

There are signs that a self-perpetuating cycle is developing.

Once they get going, headaches can generate more stress, which makes the pain worse, and so on: a self-perpetuating cycle.