The goal of this post is to Title: đ Letâs Stop the âBME Pain Olympicsâ â Our Suffering Isnât a Competition
Letâs retire the competition. Letâs build connection instead.
Weâve all seen it happen. In conversation, online, or in community spaces: âYou think you have it bad? In my culture, we had to deal with X.â âAt least youâre not [other ethnic group] â they face worse discrimination.â *âStop complaining. Our grandparents had it 100x harder.â This is what we call the â an unspoken competition over who is the most oppressed, traumatized, or disadvantaged.