That's not the same. What happened to you, to your species, it's... it doesn't even compare.'' Why? Because it's worse?' She nodded.' But it still compares. If you have a fractured bone, and I've broken every bone in my body, does that make your fracture go away? Does it hurt you any less, knowing that I am in more pain?'' No, but that's Becky Chambers
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The idea is that you can’t compare your pain to someone else’s. The pain you feel is more intense than the pain that person may be feeling. There are times when I am in more pain than someone else because my bones are fractured. Yet, I know that is not the same unless it is happening to me. I can’t compare my pain level to someone else’s because the pain of my fractured bones does not compare to the pain of their broken hearts or broken dreams.

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