As it says in the title 
If a big problem for someone else is super important, does that then mean it’s more important than something insignificant, but important to you?
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It depends what your problems are…
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Nope 
Everyone has their own life with their own problems and just because one problems seems more significant than the other, it doesn’t mean that the smaller problem is less important. A problem is always a problem, no matter how small or insignificant it is
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For example: your friend needs to get to a train but have a fear of going alone and they need you to go with them, but you need to do something else that’s important to you.
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I would go with them cuz I’ll feel bad…
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Or for example someone’s family member died , and you are worrying because you don’t know what to get your mum for her birthday
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Depends on what the thing is I have to do, and which friend asked 
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It’s hard to try and describe
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Something like this happened to me, and I never felt bad about it tbh, live goes on even if someone passes away… It’s harsh but reality, you can’t put everything else on the side because of that
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No matter how big or small a problem is, nobody should feel like their problem is less. Like we all feel differently about things.
Like you can’t say that my fear of vommiting is not important and not significant because there are a lot of people dying.
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So if I do something for others that takes time for myself, I’ll feel bad for myself.
If I do it the other way, I feel bad for others. It’s a road not leading to anywhere but doom
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The thing for me is- there will ALWAYS be someone with a situation worse than yours, which is why each and every problem is never insignificant. Each and every problem is important, and should be important to each person. If it wasn’t that way none of our problems would be solved.
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Nope, I think both problems would be equally important and it would be best to help each other out. This doesn’t count for medical problems though. If someone is more critical patient then they are more important compared to the person with stomach pain.
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Everyone has their own problems. Someone else’s problems being more important to others doesn’t make your problems less important. 
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Exactly, both have to deal with their own problems to stop drama from erupting. Though most cases drama erupts anyway when you try to diffuse each others problems.
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I think that it completely depends.
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Sometimes people like to try and put things into perspective
“Oh your roof has a leak but what about the starving children in Africa?”
The two situations aren’t even related and they are both bad in their own way. A leak in the roof isn’t fixed by the sudden reminder that there are dying children in the world.
To quote perks of being a wallflower “I will not remind my children of the starving kids in China, because it will not change the fact they are upset”
If somebody is going through a tough time and something upsets you, just because somebody is going through a bad time that doesn’t make the thing that upset you invalid.
There is no point in comparing your problems to other people, if you see it as a small problem then fix it.
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No 
Everyone has their own life with their own problems. Just because someone has a ‘worse’ problem than you, it doesn’t make your problem any less significant. There are always going to be people who are ‘worse off’ than you. But that doesn’t mean your problems are insignificant or ‘stupid’. A problem is a problem is a problem.
People say, be grateful for what you have. And whilst this is a great mindset, some of those people remind you of the starving people in Africa just because you’re upset one day. It’s ok to be upset about things, even if they’re small. It’s ok to cry because you’ve had a bad week, regardless of starving or dying children. Never think that your problems aren’t important just because others’ are ‘worse’.
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No. 