Comparison often leads to minimization
The focus of comparing your emotions is often to minimize ether what you are feeling or what they are feeling. some examples include:
- You might think that you don't have the right to be upset about something because someone else is going through something worse.
- You might feel like you don't have the right to feel lonely because you have more friends and family than another person does.
But someone else's experiences do not negate your own. In such cases, comparing feelings is a way of minimizing your own experiences.
This is something that you might do to avoid feeling a negative emotion. Rather than face it, it is easier to dismiss it as being "not as bad as it could be."
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