bobabear

“People around the world have got bigger problems than yours”.  Saying this to a person who is already going through a lot in their life is just the same as saying that your problem is not worthy of expressing or that you have no right to feel the pain being inflicted upon you just because someone else has it worse. This is not only going to make them feel more depressed but will also set them back in their healing procedure. I totally agree, that some people are actually going through a lot in their life and that their problems are different, but using this statement to someone in distress is  just to make them feel like their problem or the situation they are in has no significance. No matter how small the problem is, everyone feels sad for something bad going on in their life and that's totally fine. We all need validation that our pain is real and that there is no winner in the pain game. We are just looking at their life from an outsider’s perspective, but not actually li...