User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 348: Return of the Demon, Review./@comment-121.54.2.164-20130823143816/@comment-7418318-20130823155129

Sure Gray had it bad, but Erza didn't exactly have a picknick in the park either.

There are the obvious tragedies (losing her family, being tortured, losing her eye, see Rob die, watching her beloved turn evil,...). But more importantly, between her banishment and return to the tower, she had to live with the knowledge that Jellal is either enslaving her replacement family or twisting them toward evil, but couldn't do anything about it because he'd have killed them if she tried.

At least Gray had closure where Erza was continuing to carry the trauma and guilt along with her.