"Other people have it worse than you" / "Someone else has it worse than you" (about privileged depression, is there actually such a thing?)

[LittleMagician]

That's life.
It's not a movie, video game, comic books, anime/manga, & any works of fictions/art/entertainment, where usually things are made to be neat, meaningful, & generally have a resolution & happy endings.
In real life / real world / reality, there's a lot of things that are just messy, chaotic, senseless, absurd, & honestly just fucked-up.
Things don't always have a 'purpose', nor 'meaning', nor 'goals'.
Things just are.
And, reality doesn't always have a 'happy endings' (well, except for some people who are lucky).

It's the same thing with this whole 'privileges' thing.
Honestly, I think people are just so naive, in believing that having privileges = success automatically.
Again, in reality, things are not that simple, sometimes. It's not that black & white. Nor it's a 'childish' & simplistic, & even without any 'meaningful' narratives, even no matter how most/majority of people would (wrongly!) try to believe/assume in 'meanings', when there is simply just none.

Reality is reality.

I wish my life was an anime man..then I wouldn't be depressed and suicidal

 

[Kali_Yuga13]

Yes depression is often reframed as a personal failing for not having "an attitude of gratitude". It's also been said that "comparison is the thief of joy" and that's not untrue except many of the major things in life depend on being on the winning side of comparison. Jobs, relationships, opportunities are hinged on one being the "favorite".

And that might just be the crux of the issue, those that have financial stability, family, good looks have what amounts to an advantage in the game of comparison. Interestingly, in certain sports and games when a new player is given an advantage it's called a "handicap".

 

[niki wonoto]

Yes depression is often reframed as a personal failing for not having "an attitude of gratitude". It's also been said that "comparison is the thief of joy" and that's not untrue except many of the major things in life depend on being on the winning side of comparison. Jobs, relationships, opportunities are hinged on one being the "favorite".

And that might just be the crux of the issue, those that have financial stability, family, good looks have what amounts to an advantage in the game of comparison. Interestingly, in certain sports and games when a new player is given an advantage it's called a "handicap".

All the 'privileges' are useless basically if you're somehow just mentally incapable to take advantages, utilize, maximize, & use them all.
Ironically, this is also another harsh truth/fact/reality that most people still can't fathom/comprehend/understand deeply enough.
Whether it's mental health issues/problems, or mentally handicapped somehow, being neurodivergent, or even if as simple as laziness & being too spoiled/pampered!
It's all real.

And no matter if everyone will blame & judge a person as a 'weak, pathetic, ungrateful, spoiled, pampered, sad, disgusting, despicable loser' etc etc2, again I'll keep repeating what should already be a very obvious fact of life: Shits happened. That's just the reality. Yes, an absurd, messy, senseless, & stupid/ridiculous reality that sometimes just doesn't make sense at all! But, hey, shits happened anyway! That's life. That's reality.