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When you minimize your own trauma by comparing it to others

I was sexually assaulted last month and I can't stop thinking that I should be over it by now because it wasn't that bad compared to what other people go through.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind's attempt to rationalize pain through comparison prevents the natural processing that would allow genuine healing to occur.

Ideas that help explain it
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