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Why Social Media Makes Midlife Feel Like Failure

I keep comparing my life to what I see on social media and I know it is stupid but I cannot stop feeling like I am failing at being happy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Curated glimpses of others' lives become a metric for measuring the inadequacy of one's own reality.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Midlife Transitions (40s-60s)?”

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