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It isn't helpful to engage in one-upmanship when it comes to people's individual trauma. It's alright for people to share their suffering and receive compassion
by pshc 5y ago
It isn't helpful to engage in one-upmanship when it comes to people's individual trauma. It's alright for people to share their suffering and receive compassion without having experienced the absolute worst possible torture.
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- hereforphone 5y ago"People often tried to kill me." vs. "I worked at a job that paid a wage of 98% above the global mean but had a lot of stress." There's a difference I think, and if it's a matter of one-upsmanship, then we all have PTSD (btw, I don't). Also he edited his post later so I'm guessing you didn't see the original context.