Compare-and-Despair is Especially Brutal Around Midterms
Psychology Today | 18.11.2025 00:32
Negative comparisons, when we perceive others as better and/or ourselves as worse, can feel like a blow to the soul. College students, in particular, are struggling to negotiate a complex stew of expectations, desires, and obligations, and when they observe how others are doing, they can find many reasons to think they are not good enough.
