WordNet
v. cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative; "He could not bring himself to call his parents"
Usage examples of "bring oneself".
Even if the boy has been brought into the world by this woman and shows every sign of his origin, he is nevertheless a child, the thoughts of a child still dwell in this shapeless head, and if one were to speak to him sensibly and ask him something, he would very likely answer in a bright voice, innocent and reverential, and after some inner struggle one could bring oneself to pat these cheeks.
In the weeks thereafter as I mused fitfully in my stall (no stranger to insomnia now), I tried experiments with both: laughter, I discovered, was easy to simulate but difficult to bring oneself to genuinely, while the reverse was true of tears.
It was a stealthy way to kill, no doubt the stealthiest, if one could bring oneself to do it.
It is as much as one can bring oneself to give lips up to a husband.