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What is a word for when someone feels overly sorry for themselves?

John writes how his life was ruined by only being potty trained a year later than other kids of his age. Sally responds saying John is self [ ……. ]

I thought of pity party but it doesn't fit into the context. I'm thinking of a more formal word perhaps that tries to convey an over-exaggeration of feeling sorry for oneself or making one's life circumstances seem much worse than it is

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The act of reflecting on one's perceived woes is also known as self-commiserating.

And then he sighed a querulous, self-commiserating sigh, as if in pure regret that he, the loved and courted of so many worshippers, should be now abandoned to the mercy of a harsh, exacting, cold-hearted woman like that, and even glad of what kindness she chose to bestow, (Chapter 48, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte)

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