[Style] put...behind "yourself"?

Hi, while correcting students' translation sentences, there is a an expression "put your failure behind you." Some of the students wrote "put your failure behind yourself." Do you think the use of "yourself" an acceptable writing style? I check the Longman Dictionary. Under the entry of "behind," there is only sentences with the expression of "put... behind you," nothing like that of "...yourself."

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Originally Posted by simile

Do you think the use of "yourself" an acceptable writing style? I

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No

You will come across yourself used like this, but is there any good reason for it? I am afraid that I don't like the use of myself as a supposedly posh or upmarket way of saying me. When I hear things like please inform myself or my colleagues, I shudder. I pride myself, can hurt myself but never put my failures behind myself. ;-)

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Originally Posted by Tdol

You will come across yourself used like this, but is there any good reason for it? I am afraid that I don't like the use of myself as a supposedly posh or upmarket way of saying me. When I hear things like please inform myself or my colleagues, I shudder. I pride myself, can hurt myself but never put my failures behind myself. ;-)

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I am sure that myself and the other moderators are with you on that.

Just about, myselfer. :-)

Yeah, but...

This one has "you" as the implied subject and "you" as the object, which seems to merit the use of the reflexive.
Give yourself a pat on the back.
Don't forget to leave one for yourself.

So why is this one different? I agree it doesn't sound natural, but what is the reason that "behind you" is right and "behind yourself" is not, when "you" is the subject and object?