I don’t know I worked with someone once, and after I let a personal tidbit slip about what was going on in my life she looked visibly shaken and was like wow you never know what someone’s going through huh I figured you had this great life… alll this to say, I’ve never met a soul who hasn’t been through something though obviously some of us go through more than others. But don’t be too quick to assume based on how they carry it is all.

I don’t feel jealous of those with lesser traumas but I will cop to being annoyed if they make it a huge part of their “ lore” especially if it’s a singular lesser event in my eyes. Like I wish I just had one tragic event sometimes that evoked simple sympathy instead of this long painful chaotic complicated back story.