Sure, not being able to a compete for a gold medal is not as bad as being locked in a gulag for a decade, in the same way your startup failing is not as bad as Ebola, and your fiance saying "it's not you, it's me" and running off to the other side of the world is not as bad watching your entire family being massacred by ISIS. Human emotion isn't based on a sense of perspective.
Earlier today the flesh on my index finger was torn asunder by a sheet of paper. Do you find that heartbreaking? If I told you that the paper cut was the worst thing that ever happened to me, would you consider it to be heartbreaking?
If said papercut permanently ruined your chances of completing the work of art you had dedicated the last few years of your life too I might have some sympathy...
