Comparison
Online we see the "perfect" lives of other people, even just the ones around us. People can control what others see and what they don't.
Even without the existence of phones people compared themselves to what they saw of other people.
We have to stop comparing ourselves to people we don't know. We can't know everything that someone has gone through, even if they seem so perfect.
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Thinking about subjects such as science, self-improvement and learning about people and their habits are some of my favorite things to do :)
This is my idea of how phones and social media are ruining our happiness. I've thought about this subject a lot because I use my phone often and don't feel good about it.
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