Are you better off today than you were 4 years ago?

[Newest Reality]

10. Personally,

I don't make the comparison anymore, but I get what you are getting at.

I do my best not to compare myself to others, (unless I am learning something significant from a teacher providing a good model). In that light, things change, so do I. Making a comparison now with what was or will be is relative to how my view itself has changed. It seems that a depression is the past and anxiety in the future and that's where making comparisons gets very tricky, thorny and turns into a vicious circle of torment cycles.

That might be called a reformed comparitivist. I only use comparisons when necessary or appropriate to the circumstances.