Comment by switchbak

"while others have their own battles, they are very rarely similar to this" - meh, I don't think that's true. Being human is hard, and in some circumstances can be very fucking hard. If you've had a challenging time in your youth, that makes it exponentially harder.

That's most people. They just keep it inside, assuming everyone else is doing better than they are.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.