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Why do people tend to think that their lives are much worse than they actually are?

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Quizzical · 46-50, M
It's all to do with perspective.

The closer you are to something physically and emotionally the bigger impact it makes in your life.

And the reverse is also true.

Huge disasters appear trivial to someone on the other side of the planet with no emotional connection to the area.