MiddlePath -“About the reference to the concentration camps, many times I think I would’ve much rather gone through that than what I’ve gone through in my life. At least in the holocaust they all suffered together, whereas I basically suffered alone. But of course it is wrong to think like that, for many reasons.”
It could be wrong and it could not be wrong. The Rabbi who started Shalheves (I forgot his name) – he lived through the Holocaust and I heard on a tape to parents who lost a child that their suffering is worse than the Holocaust. He said at least in the Holocaust we all suffered together as opposed to losing a child in our day and age.
So if your suffering is/was as great as losing a child then you can say it. If not, perhaps you are having a little bit too much self-pity?