Cotton, I understand what you're saying. Sometimes, when I read posts, it seems that people answer in a way that says "Oh, yeah!? You should feel what I feel!" Or, "That's nothing! You haven't gone through what I've gone through!" I've even caught myself answering like that. What I've realized is that those people are really needy; needier, maybe than the others, so they make light of someone else's pain. Without knowing it, they are trying to take that attention for themselves.

The ones that are afraid of stating their pain or their needs are the one's that have been made to think they don't matter or their problems are insignificant; maybe the people that have been taught to give and give until there is nothing left to give.

Truth is, we ALL matter! ALL of OUR needs matter! We ALL deserve to be treated with respect, consideration and empathy.

Another truth is, we're all imperfect humans. Some of us can be respectful, considerate and empathetic SOMETIMES, but not all the time.

Ok... getting off my soap box now.