Sentence:  On the rebound one passes into tears and pathos. <WSD>Maudlin</WSD> tears. I almost prefer the moments of agony. These are at least clean and honest. But the bath of self-pity, the wallow, the loathsome sticky-sweet pleasure of indulging it — that disgusts me. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Extravagantly or excessively sentimental; mawkish, self-pitying. (from 17th c.)