 For example, your next door neighbor just bought a brand new ocarina—a musical instrument you've been infatuated with for months now but can't afford.Feelings of envy in this situation would occur in the forms of emotional pain, a lack of self-worth, and a lowered self-esteem and well-being.In Nelson Aldrich's "Old Money", he states that "envy is so integral and painful a part of what animates human behavior in market societies that many people have forgotten the full meaning of the word, simplifying it into one of the symptoms of desire.