self-pity

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

self-pity
    n 1: a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own
         sufferings

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-pity":
      benevolence, clemency, commiseration, compassion, condolence,
      favor, feeling, forbearance, forgiveness, grace, humanity,
      kindness, leniency, mercy, mitigation, pardon, pathos, pity,
      quarter, relief, reprieve, ruth, sympathy