I can very well relate to this, I do it a lot. I grew up in an environment that basically said to be grateful for what you have, you could be going through something worse, or what THEY are experiencing, etc. Always turning a cheek on ME, my need to feel, share and gain a healthy response/support. It is all well and good to be appreciative and realize you could have it more difficult no matter one's circumstance. But not to the point where you are lost & feeling as though you don't matter, and that your feelings, problems are minimized to the point of being null and void. WE are all our individual selves of feelings and situations. . . yet we all have them.