This is the danger of unhealthy comparisons. When we measure ourselves against unrealistic or distorted ideals, we can do real psychological damage in trying to match them. I’m reminded of the story of Sisyphus, always trying to roll a boulder up a hill, never getting it to the top, never allowed to rest. How much worse would it have been for him if he’d thought he was the only one of his friends who couldn’t get that damn rock all the way up the hill?
