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Why Social Media Comparison Feels Impossible to Stop

I cannot stop comparing myself to people on social media even though I know it is fake and it makes me hate my actual life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between curated online reality and lived experience has created a cycle of inadequacy despite intellectual awareness.

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