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When peer success amplifies personal failure

My best friend is getting published everywhere and I am genuinely happy for her but it makes my own rejections feel more personal

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The success of those close to us can paradoxically intensify our own sense of inadequacy by making achievement feel simultaneously possible and elusive.

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