Thanks for posting Anti it is only when we go to therapy that we realise how much we aren't listened to IRL ( some of us in therapy too)!
I hate it when people try and have a competition to see who's situation is worst, like your friends wiki, would drive me batty too.
My mom always says" oh so your feeling bad, here let me give you something to complain about" and slaps me silly.
We Irish never ccomplain about anything but we are a nation of sympathisers.