I always feel like I have it worse than everyone around me. I always feel like I need the validation that mine is worse than yours for whatever reason.  It's kinda obnoxious of me when others' share their story and at the back of my mind, I will catch myself undermining their past, their hurt, their pain. I hate it when that is done to me and I am replicating the very act that I despise. Silencing that voice is no easy task but whenever I did listen, it was appreciated. It also made me realize that mine is not always the worst of them all.