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, \"I saw pictures of my old high school friend on Facebook and their life seems to have turned out so much better than mine!\" \"My colleague seems to have such a charmed life and it makes me feel like such a loser.\" \"She has the perfect job, the perfect husband, even the perfect body -- she just seems to have it all.\" In such comparisons, seems is the operative word.</p><br clear="all"/>
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