Only once. I said I always assumed he thought I was whining about nothing and his other clients were all worse off than me.

My T said: "Really? All of them?" Like it was a surprising thing to say. Then he said: "Well, I do have one client who's worse off than you," and then he started talking about how you can't tell whose pain is worse and comparison isn't helpful.

But the comparison WAS helpful. It showed me that he really didn't think I was just whining about nothing.