My friends have also said that to me. “Yo, other people have bigger problems.” Everyone invalidates my pain. I thought I was not deserving of empathy either until my therapist told me that each person’s experience is unique, and my pain is valid. If I can empathize with other people’s pain, shouldn’t my pain be empathized with, too? Why should I be the only one made to feel unworthy? If one day your parents have a difficulty, I wonder how they would feel if you tell them, “other people have worse problems.” People don’t think when they say s***. Parents are not an exception. They always say s*** that hurt their children and they don’t know it.
