yourself

pronome

1. 1

   Your own self (singular).

   Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.

   After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.

   As an adult, you would find yourself being a people pleaser with the men in your life –– afraid to be rejected and emotionally abandoned.

2. 2

   You (singular); used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved.

   You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.

3. 3

   You (singular); even when "you" has not been used previously; see usage notes.

   I spoke with yourself last in February.

   No one understands me like yourself.

   My colleague and yourself are invited to the conference.

   I only spoke to my lawyer and yourself about the issue.