Do you ACTUALLY want it, or do you want others to see you having it? | by cher | Medium
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m an envious person, and that’s the biggest reason why I constantly need to go on long periods of either deactivating or uninstalling Instagram every now and again, much to the perplexed reactions from my friends. “Why?” “Not gonna lie, that’s so weird Cheryl….” “I could never do that lol.” This habit of mine is so extreme that I have this app (meant for breaking addiction) that I use to count how many days since I last used Instagram and TikTok. I know this might be an unhealthy coping mechanism, but unfortunately I just can’t go on it for extended periods of time before falling victim to bouts of comparing my life to the life that my friends have. I know that social media is basically someone’s highlight reels and that they never show you the bad parts, hence you should never be envious of others because you’re never seeing the true depiction of the lives they actually live, but somehow I just can’t help myself. One underlying, constant thing that I
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