Does anyone ever feel satisfied with 2nd place?

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Seems like every time I finish 2nd in a tournament I feel worse than I would if I were first out.

Just lost after 6 hours of grinding to some 1000 year old gigantic luckbox who refused to chop at any point because he thinks he's god's gift to poker. He literally sucked out for his tournament life a dozen times at the final table alone including twice against me all-in preflop. I was enraged the whole way home when I probably should've been happy with myself.

Have any of you donkament pros gotten past the feeling of despair finishing deep but not 1st?