Comment by karamanolev

The topic of one's own hardships vs other people's hardships is frequently on my mind. My stance is that "your biggest problems are your biggest problems". For most people, there will always be someone else with bigger problems and that's not a good reason to invalidate yours or to somehow expect you to feel better about it.

  I think of them when it feels like times are tough. The pandemic. The cost of living crisis. Job loss.
  It's tough.
  But it's nothing.
  Not really.
  Not in comparison to the circumstances some people find themselves in.
  Not in comparison to the circumstances other people make it through.
  Imagine being born in a bomb shelter.
  Imagine giving birth in a bomb shelter."

As tragic as it is, yes, there's probably someone worse off than that. Does that make this tragedy any smaller? I don't think so. Especially the part "But it's nothing" is so dismissive, I can't really get behind it.