Sharing troubles can be quite beneficial, especially if they are acknowledged and sympathized with. That can help each of us refocus on our blessings once our "overwhelming" difficulties are voiced, recognized, and accepted as legitimate concerns. So share whatever you are comfortable with.

The most important qualities that we/I value here are kindness, respect for one another's humanity, and empathy for one another. Without those things,, civility is often elusive.It is important to see one another as more than blips of light on a screen because we are all real people with real emotions behind our screens. What we don't want here are cruelty, pig-piling, and personal attacks on anyone. Disagreement need not be disagreeable.

Instead, we seek to be like "Cheers" and "Friends" TV shows where "everyone knows your name" (and all that signifies) and there is a general sense of belonging to the same group of people rather than having opposing teams with zero common ground even if we part ways on various topics.

Most of us here have posted together for several years and know one another to varying degrees we've individually felt comfortable with. So it is natural for someone new, like you are, to feel somewhat out of step and as if you need to explain or justify yourself when joining in on a personal thread, but you'll get to a feeling of belonging in time.

Camaraderie that can share joy, sorrow, and routine happenings is a blessing that humans should seek out and cultivate. Humans are social creatures who need others to feel whole, safe, valued, and cared about. Those who don't are the exception.

It is good to realize that our own problems could be worse or that others may have "more difficult" situations because then we can put our own into perspective and we may also feel less "alone" while sharing and sympathizing with each other
However, the knowledge that things could be worse does nothing tangible to lessen our own issues other than providing perspective. It is not helpful for others (or even ourselves) to pound or judge us for feeling bad about our own troubles just because others may have it worse than we do. In fact, it may produce negative emotions like guilt or shame that we still feel badly or angry about our own troubles when others are suffering too, maybe even far worse than we are. It is that much worse if we then feel guilty or shamed about being upset about our troubles. It actually helps no one to turn sharing into a contest over what is worse! To us, our own problems are front and center.

Aside of the social value of sharing problems and seeking solace amongst others, the only value in knowing that things could be worse and sometimes are for others is to keep things in perspective so we dont lose sight of the overall picture. Losing sight and hyperfocusing on our troubles causes us to forget our blessings and potentially become lost in depression or worse.

We each have our joys and personal hell. That is a given.

Regardless of someone's carefully constructed images of their "perfect life", such as what is often found on Facebook, EVERYONE has problems, regrets, and/or negative aspects in their lives and relationships, at least to some degree. We may see their problems as minor, but to whomever is suffering, they matter! I feel sad for those who can't acknowledge that and feel obliged to construct a perfect image. They truly ARE alone and diminish their OWN suffering in the process.