Downward social comparison
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Downward social comparison is a defensive
tendency to compare oneself with someone whose troubles are more serious than one's own.
Defence mechanism
In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, defence mechanisms are unconscious psychological strategies brought into play by various entities to cope with reality and to maintain self-image. Healthy persons normally use different defences throughout life...
tendency to compare oneself with someone whose troubles are more serious than one's own.