Other people's tragedies can be cathartic, or at least so I recall being taught in high school English class from nearly two decades ago. Knowing that someone h

Other people's tragedies can be cathartic, or at least so I recall being taught in high school English class from nearly two decades ago. Knowing that someone has it worse than you do can make you feel better about your own situation, not due to schadenfreude but just by helping to put things in perspective.