Comparison spirals: You're Not the Only One

I am sitting in the back of this reception hall watching my cousin get married and honestly I feel like a total failure.

I sat in the corner of that gallery tonight watching Diane work the room, and I felt that old weight in my chest again.

I’m sitting on the edge of the bed and my heart is doing this weird thumping thing... …

Sometimes u see someone get that new thing and u have to smile and say wow it looks so good. …

* *Scenario details:* Pantry organization, vlogger, sense of accomplishment. …

I literally cannot stop scrolling through her feed and it’s making me want to launch my phone into the nearest body of water, no joke. …

So I’m sitting here at two in the morning, staring at the ceiling and wondering if I’m just a massive brat, you know? …

I was sitting there at dinner tonight watching my younger brother talk about the leather stitching in his new SUV—it’s this massive, silver thing that probably costs more than I make in two years—

I guess I’m just feeling a bit low tonight, or maybe it’s just that I’m older than everyone else at that playgroup by about twenty years and it makes you think about things, you know?

it was at that house down the street with the really nice porch and the expensive chairs... …

I have been monitoring the physiological response to the sound of a jackhammer at 7:15 AM for three weeks now. …

I am literally shaking while I type this under the table... …

I am sitting at this dinner with all these people and I feel like a total fake. …

I’ve been curating a specific digital persona for sixteen months now. …

my feet ache in these $120 shoes i had to save 4 months for...

I feel like I’m rotting and it’s not even a big deal but it’s 2am and I can’t stop looking at Maya’s stories from the city.

I am sitting at Table 12. …

You know that feeling when you stand there with the plastic tray and it feels like a hundred pounds. …

It’s like humans are built with these weird little tripwires that we don’t even know are there until we trip over them. …

You know that feeling when you’re sitting at a table with people who spend more on a single bottle of wine than you spend on groceries for a whole week and you’re watching the candlelight flicker… …