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Winning a tv show is not self promotion. Do you regularly win tv shows, and unwittingly upset others by doing so?

Plain old begrudgery is quite different to the annoyance at people self promoting. Though I can see one trait being 'correlated' with the other.

I feel similar to you. Even if someone else is blatantly bragging, it has nothing to do with me.

If i feel annoyed, it's either i have some weakness in my psyche or that person is standing in my way. If it's my weakness, i try to fix it via introspection. If the person is trying to mess with me, i'll go for the conflict.

If I win the lottery, and I tell people, that's not really bragging. It doesn't really mean I'm great or better than others, just that I had good fortune.