“Other people have it worse…”

… Maybe you’ve had this thought.
Maybe you’ve even typed out a message to a therapist — then deleted it, thinking:

“This probably isn’t a big enough deal.”
“I’m just being dramatic.”
“Other people go through worse.”

Here’s the truth:

Suffering doesn’t always look the same.
One person’s pain might be loud and visible; another’s might be quiet and persistent.
Neither is more or less valid.

A toothache and a bellyache hurt in different ways — but both hurt! And both deserve care.

You don’t need to be in crisis for therapy to be worthwhile.
There’s no threshold you have to cross before reaching out.

You’re allowed to take up space

You don’t need a diagnosis or a life-shattering event to start therapy.
Sometimes what brings people in is a quieter sense that something feels off — that life is harder than it should be, or that you’re not quite okay, even if things “look fine” on the outside.

You might be navigating:

• A build-up of stress or worry that won’t switch off
• Big feelings about something others might see as “small”
• A loss that isn’t officially recognised (like a friendship shift, missed opportunity, or change in identity)
• A pattern you keep falling into, even though you want to change it

None of these things have to be “justified” to matter.

If it matters to you, it matters

Sometimes what we carry is small but relentless.
Sometimes it’s a tangle of feelings with no clear label.
Sometimes we just feel… not quite ourselves.

Whatever it is — if it’s sitting on your chest or circling your thoughts — you’re allowed to bring it in.

Talking about it won’t make it bigger.
But it might make it lighter.

And: Therapy can also be about moving towards something

It doesn’t always have to begin in pain.
Sometimes people come to therapy because they want more clarity, more confidence, more space to understand themselves.
To feel more like themselves again — or maybe for the first time.

You don’t need to be falling apart to want something different.
You just need to be curious about what could shift — and willing to take a step towards it.

Therapy is a space for everything that’s hard to carry alone

You don’t need to “qualify”.
You don’t need to explain why it hurts.
You don’t need permission.

If something’s nudging at you — or if this post feels a little bit like it’s describing you — you’re probably in the right place.