Social media creates a false perception that others are happier than us because people selectively share their most extreme moments (either highly positive or highly negative) to engage the algorithm, while everyone actually experiences similar levels of stress and anxiety regardless of their circumstances.
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The speaker describes the disconnect between the appearance of fun on social medAdded:
But they'll [music] they'll put the act on for the full 6 seconds. Mhm.
And this is why people are caught in these [music] spirals in these traps of believing people are happier than them and that they're more miserable than others >> [music] >> cuz everything is comparative. But truthfully, the secret to everyone at home is that everybody is the same.
Everybody [music] has the same degree of stress, anxiety, depression, irregardless of their personal circumstances. That's what I truthfully believe. I don't believe anyone's really any happier [music] than anyone else.
It's just about having the mental fortitude to say, "I don't care [music] whether all these bad things are happening. I'm going to smile anyway."
This is the secret [music] to life. But there are some people who don't show their greatest moments. They cry to camera or they try and show their worst most negative moments.
Because unfortunately, [music] social media is a game of trying to trick the algorithm. And to trick the algorithm, you have to get people interested. And to break people out of apathy, they have to see something abnormal. Mhm. If you sit there [music] and say, "It's an average day and I'm enjoying my cereal."
No one cares. If you sit here and go, "This is the worst day of my
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