Realistically

I was thinking today about the expression "There's always somebody out there who has it worse".

It kind of got me thinking the opposite, though.
I really don't think it's right to hold your life experience or family tragedy higher or consider it to be worse than anybody else's, just the same as I don't think it's right to feel guilty about being sad over something just because you can't get the idea out of your head that someone out there has it worse.

Obviously, there is a fair difference between a family dog dying, and the Father dying, however I think it's more accurate to view it as whatever the experience, tragedy, obstacle or change someone has had to overcome, no matter how big or small it may be, if it is the hardest thing that they have ever had to face, then it is exactly that. It is the hardest thing they have ever had to face.
Although it may seem very small in proportion to your experiences, does not mean that it is not real. Usually, they do not know any worse. And thank God for that, I suppose.