We'll I only self vote initially to un-grey my post for the first few minutes or so, or as long as it will last. Then I undo and recycle my votes. My self votes are mainly just temporary, unlessI forget undo them since all my rewards are stripped anyway, my self vote just works against the down-voters.  I've gotten used to it, I actually enjoy the downvotes, they don't bother me one bit! I love down voting people too!