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When rational knowledge cannot quiet emotional comparison

I see people my age buying houses and going on expensive trips and I know social media is not real life but I still feel behind.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your intellectual understanding of social media's distortions cannot override the primal fear that you are failing to thrive in the only life you have.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Instagram and comparison culture?”

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