I agree with you. For one, job loss can be pretty dramatic, nothing to joke about or disregard. However, for less extreme situations I find this can be helpful

I agree with you. For one, job loss can be pretty dramatic, nothing to joke about or disregard. However, for less extreme situations I find this can be helpful. From a recent personal experience I felt that acknowledging the potentiality of being far worse, and thinking about the situations of people who actually are, it helped putting things into perspective and helped me deal with a personal "difficulty".