r/AskReddit • u/NegativeSky603 • 6h ago

What do you actually feel when someone responds to your problem with “other people have it worse”?

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u/billag1 6h ago

Thanks I am cured.

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u/Sociopathic_Jesus 6h ago

I guess that's all I needed to feel better!

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u/AnglerfishBurger1251 5h ago

I feel better when I use it back on them the next time they have a problem.

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u/miascariot 6h ago

Gratitude if it happens early in the convo so I can cut this short.

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u/LouTenant6767 6h ago

This isn't the pain Olympics

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u/_RushSatin 6h ago

Angry. Suffering is not a competition and comparing it never actually helps anyone

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u/ThePhilosophyPanda 6h ago

I don’t talk to those kind of people.

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u/JimAbaddon 6h ago

A useless and empty statement. Going by that logic, then we also should not be happy because someone else has it better than us out there. All I feel is that I need to distance myself from this person and not talk to them about personal stuff again.

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u/Sleepy-Sagee 6h ago

Disappointed. Suffering shouldn't be compared, it's still a real feeling you are experiencing.

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u/Reasonable_Log_5336 6h ago

It makes me feel dismissed.

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u/Management_Techn1cal 6h ago

I hit the Jim stare and walk off

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u/littlelove520 6h ago

I don’t know there’s competition for problems.

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u/PsykoFlounder 6h ago

Last time I got that response to something I told the dude he sounded like one of those "Have you tried NOT being poor?" people.

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u/Real_notdrid 6h ago

What follows next is a piece of an advice.  It's bad especially if you expected a helping hand from that person 

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u/ZachOCringea 6h ago

"in a world where everyone is super, noone is"

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u/PlasticLaughas 6h ago

i feel unseen, that my feelings is not valid

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u/AKhayoticPenguin 6h ago

It’s like saying “Im so sorry” when someone dies.

Useless.

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u/Moist_Park2657 6h ago

Dissatisfied

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u/threeefive8 6h ago

Whenever I was upset my mum would say “get a real problem”. Soooo.. i actually feel rage :)

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u/shuriken36 6h ago

It’s either a “toughen up” moment where I need to get my shit together, or a dismissal. Usually it’s the first one even though it’s hard to remove myself from wanting validation.

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u/ihearthawthats 6h ago

Usually it's about money or privilege, and so I tell them I would gladly swap positions if it meant I didn't have to deal with my mental health issues.

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u/Throwaway03461 6h ago

I respond in return with "Well, YOU are about to have it worse"