How often do you hear the "someone has it worse than you"?

[miker2018]

hate to say to but it is true, many of you are better off them some

i have ms, got it 2 years ago from catching mono from some dumb fucking bitch who was too stupid to know that you shouldn't kiss someone when u have mono and swollen glands (and she was a nurse ffs)

unfortunately i wasn't aware how dangerous catching mono as adult could be but obviously never imagined getting ms

literally never felt right a day since and now 2 years later am sick and dizzy and tremors all over my body and can hardly walk down the stairs without falling and getting worse daily, can't go in the heat, can't exercise and would have a life of toil and torment were i to be around for it, which of course i will not

 

[Wantingpeace]

I am realy in agonising physical and mental torture..no livable seconds from a medical "mistake"..3 yrs now..can't stand when people say that to me..no on can see what happened and the medics are not admitting something has gone terrible wrong.

 

[QueenEtna]

Never had it said to me but I thought of it. Even though that is true I'm still suffering and it shouldn't be ruled out because someone else is suffering more..

 

[Wantingpeace]

Yes suffering is suffering. No one can know how another feels. Walk a mile in another's shoes.

 

[killmepls]

Someone told me this on this forum it bothered me. Very few people have it worse than me, 99%+ of the world has it better than me. I am very unlucky and was born into shitty life circumstances. Fuck people that say this. If my life was any worse then I would already be dead from suicide

 

[midastic]

Yup heard it several times in real life. Basically a bunch of people trying to show tough love.

Whether somebody has it worse than you doesn't matter. Suffering is subjective and is different for each people on what can make you suffer.

The moment anyone shows me tough love or ruins my plans to CTB, I'm ignoring them forever.

 

[Trashcan]

It always seemed like a silly argument. If I have it well of compared to the rest of the world according to you and I still am as miserable as I am, that's an even better reason to ctb!

I also always thought it was odd when pro-life adults would tell suicidal teenagers "it gets worse." But they would expect you to not kill yourself.

 

[medmaksi]

I heard a great variation of this from my best friend. He told me that I have no right to be depressed because so many others got it worse.