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When was the last time you compared yourself with someone else?
Comparison is something we have always had to deal with, but social media has made it an even bigger issue.
We can now look up any celebrity and marvel at their perfect cheekbones, family, and overall life. We know that this does not benefit us in any way, but we still do it!
And then we go down the rabbit hole of questioning ourselves: I don’t look like that. Should I look like that? Why don’t I look like that?
We’re all tired of the “think positive” mantra. We manage to think positively for a few days, but this eventually wears off and we’re back to comparing ourselves with anyone we find online who looks better than we do.
We forget that social media is only a façade and that most of these people are using filters, even going so far as to photoshop clear skin and hourglass figures.
And those that aren’t doctoring photos are only sharing the highlights. We’re not seeing the boring days or the days you feel so down that you can barely get out of bed.
We’re essentially living in a world of pretense and false advertising. Nothing is as it seems and I’m constantly finding myself having to investigate things before trusting, which has become rather exhausting.
