Again I am just saying.

I don't know how someone who DOES have food and shelter can sit and complain about their quality of life, when they even think of their own back yard.

I voluntarily tutor some English to some refugee students at a refugee centre.

Now I don't 'use that to make myself feel better', but it still tugs at my heart and makes me think well ... actually my brain may make me feel like %#@&#! sometimes but I have a lot to be thankful for.

So yea ... if you've got the basic needs of Maslow's hierarchy, you're surviving. If you're not, you're existing.

And wouldn't you rather be you, than a small child in pain from starvation or in a strange foreign culture where you are scared of the people around you?

I'm not dissing anyone, I am just stating my point of view.

Recognising survival IMO is contributory to healing from where I stand. But again, it's my opinion only