Let's make things simpler and avoid science stuff. Social media has created a delusional world around us, which we cannot see but has a great impact on our lives. You might think you are just scrolling through your feed or reels, but that my friend is not it. There is more to social media than what meets the eye. How many people's lives match with what they show on different platforms? The answer is NONE. How easy it is to fake things on social media. A couple of weeks ago, I was feeling low because almost everyone I followed was posting travel stories and I was sitting at home. Some posted pictures of a school reunion and others showed how magnificent their life was because they were sitting in an elegantly decorative café/restaurant. The cherry on top, I met a friend who updated the status quo pro about mutual people's lives and I had an existential crisis, followed by FOMO and low self-esteem. Upon confiding in a friend, we concluded that our(Mine and hers) social media
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