Beware: To Compare May Lead to Despair

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Beware: To Compare May Lead to Despair

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrea-wachter/beware-to-compare-may-lea_b_5288601.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uS.yxp8Q.ac69gjc4cgj4A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Huffington%20Post/Beware_To_Compare_May_Lead-ddbc5349dbee0ee2d70c3df71936cd8e" width="130" height="86" alt="Beware: To Compare May Lead to Despair" align="left" title="Beware: To Compare May Lead to Despair" border="0" /></a>In my psychotherapy practice, I commonly hear clients comparing themselves to others and usually not coming out too favorably. I often hear statements like, \&quot;I saw pictures of my old high school friend on Facebook and their life seems to have turned out so much better than mine!\&quot; \&quot;My colleague seems to have such a charmed life and it makes me feel like such a loser.\&quot; \&quot;She has the perfect job, the perfect husband, even the perfect body -- she just seems to have it all.\&quot; In such comparisons, seems is the operative word.</p><br clear="all"/>

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