Okay, but have you ever thought about what we wanted when we were suffering? Because it wasn't validation, I didn't want sympathy, and I didn't want complaints. I wanted to be told what I could do change myself, my mindset, and my situation. I wanted advice. Instead, I had to find my own advice. So I can only give others what I learned.
That's the human condition in a nutshell. You're worried about your feelings and ignored someone else's. Empathy goes both ways. You can't understand what it's like to ask for help and receive excuses, that's what sympathy is to me. Maybe it's different for you, but I can't understand that way of thinking. I can only tell you what I think.