num_pages: 280
description: 2022 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNER  GENERAL  BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD WINNER  SELF-HELPMultiple bestselling author Melissa Ambrosini (Mastering Your Mean Girl Open Wide PurposeFULL) and host of the #1 podcast The Melissa Ambrosini Show puts the condition of Comparisonitis under the microscope unpacking the symptoms and offering practical tips you can start using immediately to break the cycle of comparison free up mental bandwidth and live life on your own terms.When you cure Comparisonitis you will  Be free to live your life for you (no one else)  Feel peace from within  Experience genuine happiness  Truly appreciate your body and life  Free up SO much mental bandwidth for things you LOVE  Quit beating yourself up  Have more energy to go after the things that truly matter to you  Experience a radical shift towards authenticity  Be a better friend partner parent family member colleague human  Free yourself from expectations  Unleash the courage to go after your dreams  Unstifle your creativity  Feel more liberated than you've ever felt in your life  And much moreIt creeps up on you without warningperhaps while chatting with a friend scrolling through social media or even just while walking down the street.All it takes is the hint of someone doing or having something you perceive as better than you and it hits. A feeling takes overintense blinding gutting. Your brain starts spinning with toxic thoughts about yourself (or others) and you're left feeling ashamed guilty and even worthless.It's called comparisonitis. And if you've suffered from it you're NOT alone.Comparisonitis is a contagious socially transmitted condition that occurs when you compare yourself to others so frequently and fiercely that you're left paralyzed with your confidence in tatters and your self-worth plummeting. It may sound trivial but this affliction can have serious adverse effects on our mental health leading to depression anxiety overthinking and regret. To make matters worse our comparison culture is only expanding. Thanks to social media we have more opportunities to compare ourselves than ever before and even kids are falling into the trap.Described as a self-help guru by Elle magazine Melissa has experienced the effects of comparisonitis first hand having worked extensively in industries like acting modeling and dancing where comparison culture is not only rampant but openly encouraged. Melissa knows all too well how comparisonitis is infecting our minds and hurting our hearts and in this book she'll help you heal from this disease liberate your headspace and raise your self-worth so radically that you'll never let comparison rob you of your joy and happiness again.
language: English
title: Comparisonitis: How to Stop Comparing Yourself To Others and Be Genuinely Happy
publisher: BenBella Books