Does comparing yourself to others make you feel better or worse? The answer most probably is both better and worse, depending on the day and how you feel. If you compare yourself to someone you think is more clever, more beautiful/handsome, more financially secure or simply more, more more.....then the answer will be that you feel worse. If you feel superior to others then the answer is that you will feel better. The question is though, how long do you feel better or worse for? Either way your ego will need to reinforce the belief that you have imbedded into your consciousness in order to keep it in place. You will also seek out people who reinforce what you believe about yourself albeit subconsciously. Your worth does not rely on what others think about you, though you and I both know that basically we all seek validation from others to make us feel worthwhile in some way. That is of course unless you/we have understood that whatever anyone else says, thinks or believes about you is