By Comparative Suffering & Compassion | DailyGood
September 27, 2021– Comparing the suffering of one with that experienced by others is not an unusual trend. The disproportionate degree of loss we have witnessed over the past year has left many struggling to understand where they fit in the hierarchy of who did worse. When the world as we know it is undergoing tremendous and tumultuous change, how do we frame our blue days and broken hearts? In this article, writer and therapist Emily Barr explores the concept of comparative suffering and its antidote: compassion. (8 readings)
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