Comparing your life with that of another can put you in a constant state of unhappiness.
- Why don’t I have __________ like such and such?
- She’s achieved so much and here I sit working my tail off and I don’t get half the salary or recognition
- Wow, his son is at an Ivy League schools while my son sits in prison
With the advent of social media, the feeling of inadequacy compared to others is often compounded.
Those of us whose children suffer/suffered from addiction or mental illness have, at some point, compared our shattered, roller-coaster lives with others whose … Read more...