Thread: Do you compare yourself to others?

-Sorry but why does it say a different poster, posted this thread? Lol.     ---nvm. Edited by discreet. - Yesterday at 12:46pm

Nope, I am what I am!!! if there is something i can change about me for the better I will.  competition will breed strange things in your spirit. severe competitiveness is hidden anger & resentment towards others. w a  Superiority complex. thats my hypothesis. Edited by kaai - Yesterday at 1:19am

i feel that would be a unhealthy way to live my life .

I do it alot less than I used to.  I would talk about people too and didn't see anything wrong with it.  Sometimes, it was to make myself feel better, sometimes I didn't want to be like that other person and I talked about them just because.  And no, it's not a healthy way to live.  The things I was comparing myself to other people about where things I wasn't good at(music and grades in...

Originally posted by brown123 Yep, I do it all the time. but i just recently start telling myself i can't be like that. Because there is always going to be someone prettier, better skin or hair or whatever than me. ITA w/ this.

Originally posted by sunshine321511 I used to and then I learned....why compare...you can't fight GENETICS....how people look....is truly the LUCK OF THE DRAW....that person had no control in how they look....how they were BORN....their will always be prettier women, more in shape, longer hair, nicer skin, better job, bigger house, more handsome husband, prettier kids, etc. etc. etc..   Some people are truly BLESSED....Some are...

yeah i do it all the time. but i usually compare myself to people who are doing what i want to do. 

I used to when I was younger, feeding into insecurities but as I've gotten older I don't anymore

I used to and then I learned....why compare...you can't fight GENETICS....how people look....is truly the LUCK OF THE DRAW....that person had no control in how they look....how they were BORN....their will always be prettier women, more in shape, longer hair, nicer skin, better job, bigger house, more handsome husband, prettier kids, etc. etc. etc..   Some people are truly BLESSED....Some are NOT....   I have...

I never compare myself with anyone. I would be insulted if a person dared to compare me to anyone.