What If Everybody Looked the Same? Breaking Free of the Comparison Trap

Where does a need to compare ourselves  with others come from? What forces might be at play when it becomes a ruling state of awareness? And perhaps most importantly—in the interests of our emotional security, mental health, and delightful human capacity to be completely and unapologetically ourselves—how might we overcome it? In this article, I offer some insight into the comparison trap and a range of tips for getting out of it.