"..my problems are so inconsequential compared to so many others'...Like we are discounting other people's struggles when we whine about such inconsequential problems?"

Razzleberry....please don't EVER discount your own feelings as inconsequential coz you think others have been thru worse. You're NOT invalidating them when you do that...you're invalidating your OWN feelings which means your invalidating yourself! It doesn't matter WHERE your feelings come from right now...what matters right now is that you HAVE those feelings. I for one am glad you are here and I for one would be honoured if i were able to help you even just by being here to show you support. Hang in there and remember...you have JUST as much right as anybody else to be here and you're JUST as welcome as anybody else.