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Pride

A sense of the self's expansion or elevation following a valued achievement or quality, recognized as one's own.

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How it shows up

Pride appears after something achieved or a quality recognized as one's own: finishing a hard project, learning a hard new skill, standing up for a principle. Many people stand taller, share the news, or allow themselves to linger on it. Researchers often distinguish an achievement-based pride from a more inflated, self-aggrandizing form. Its essential feature is that the good thing is felt as one's own doing or quality.

How it differs from arrogance

Arrogance places you above others; pride can simply be warmth about something you did or are, with no one placed beneath you.

Notice

Notice what you feel proud of, and whether you let yourself feel it fully or hurry past it.

Where it is felt

Felt most in the chest, face and head.

Based on Nummenmaa et al. (2014), bodily maps of emotions, and related research. The map shows where people report bodily sensation, on average; individual experience varies.