Imagine running a race while constantly turning your head to watch the person in the next lane.
How fast are they going? Are they ahead? Do they look tired? Should I be running the way they are?
You might learn something by looking occasionally.
But try running the entire race that way.
At some point, watching their lane starts affecting how well you run in yours.
Comparison can work like that.
Someone gets an internship. Someone has better marks. Someone seems clearer about what they want. Someone posts another achievement.
Some of that information can be useful.
But if every piece of someone else's progress becomes a judgement about yours, you stop using their journey as information and start using it as a scoreboard.
Perhaps the useful question isn't: “Am I ahead of them?”
It is: “Am I moving in a direction that matters to me?”