i’m hyper aware of the suffering that goes around me and to be honest, it makes me feel worse, that other people who have it worse are so much more functional than i am
edit: like i guess maybe for some people it’s encouraging to know that they’re not the only one struggling. i get that too. but i feel like it’s not very encouraging to just be like “look everyone out there has it hard too” because the implication for so many of us is “so suck it up”. & when you alr suck at self compassion it just makes you feel worse
This is not to say your struggling ain't special. This is to say, thank god it's not special (in the style of neil hilborn). And this is to say, don't hate people if they can't stand upto your expectations, they might be having it real hard too. We don't know, so let's just smile and let it go. Break the chain of discouraging each other.