7 Ways to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

Constantly comparing yourself with others shakes your confidence and makes you question your self-worth.

People like to compare themselves with others, but self-judging and comparing can make you feel insecure and envious. While social media have intensified the problem, people have always fallen into the comparison trap. You might have wanted the cool, name-brand sneakers your schoolmate wore or worried that your co-worker attended a more prestigious school than your own alma mater.

You can compare yourself upward (with someone more accomplished) and downward (with someone less well-off). While upward comparison is more prevalent, downward comparison provides a self-affirming perspective. For example, when a father took his teenagers to India so they could observe living conditions of children in less...