How social media makes us insecure is a topic to be given the utmost importance right now before even 2022 ends. The way we see world now has completely changed than what it used to be when we were just 15-16 years old. The pace the world has picked up all because of social media that majority of us feel left out.
The feeling of being left out and missing on something is what makes us insecure.
5 major validations for How social media makes us feel Insecure :
1. Comparison :
Whenever we see somebody having a ball of time in life, we start comparing ourselves to them. They way our lives differ from them. We start dreaming of things which do not even matter to us. We just now want it because we saw somebody else enjoying that leisure.
It is a simple fact that their pocket at this time allows them to have so and yours don’t. So you can do either of the 2 things :
- Earn more.
- Don’t envy on people having that.
2. Inferiority complexion :
When we see someone of our age having so much luxury, maybe because its inherited or they have earned it. We start feeling inferior. Just remember dude, if you are feeling inferior work on things, earn that money and compete.
Never ever sit crying on your couch that why I just own a ford and other person has BMW. You want BMW, work for it. Spend hours and days earning money to afford that BMW.
It’s all just about the mindset. The more you stay away from materialistic comparison the less inferior you will feel.
3. Worthless-ness :
You have to decide your worth. Feeling worthless because someone else is better than you is never an option. Every person has a life to live. Have you ever seen those faces you envy on social media in real life. The way they present their life to happening all the time is never true. They also fail at various things in life.
Just because someone else has 1000s of followers and you just have bunch of them never feel worthless because those small number of people are really happy for you and the way you live life.
Whereas once the person with 1000 people comes out as a rude one or someday he commits any mistake people will start leaving him alone.
4. Lower Happiness Levels :
As we have seen almost everything again and again online that it has started reducing our happiness levels. To feel genuinely happy, we need to detoxify ourselves and take a long break from consuming a lot of content. As this is just theoretical because even for our basic needs we require smartphones therefore it is impossible to restrict ourselves from the use of social media.
5. Regretting on Failures :
The more we see other people achieving in life, we get submerged into the regret on our failures.
Now as we know how social media makes us insecure but what are the precautions that we can take to avoid falling in this trap of anxiety.
There are certain ways which we can follow in order to reduce this insecurity :
Removing Insecurity is just impossible from anybody’s life. All you can do is to put in efforts to reduce this insecurity. There is a world outside social media too on which you need to stay focused on. Yet there are certain ways or things you can do in order to reduce this insecurity to sizeable extent.
1. Consume everything but don’t assume.
See I would never suggest stopping consumption of social media but what I would suggest, consume rationally. If you see somebody with materialistic achievements, don’t believe until you know them personally.
Many times we find people who seem to be shabby but post as they are wealthy as hell on social media. It’s that they just pretend being wealthy.
And what we do, we start regretting about our life.
2. Keep in mind, everything that shine is not gold.
Everything looks good on social media, but what that much amount of goodness comes for is a lot of hate. For example when we see interviews of famous online personality they all mention that they face a lot of hate.
Instead of feeling the envy, you should feel happy that there’s at least no one stranger hating you.
3. 50% of social media is for showing off.
50% of Social media is show off and that’s how social media makes us insecure. Don’t fall in the trap of showing off. There are various cases in history that in order to show off status people take high interest loans and end up in bankruptcy. So its better to spend on things that you can afford in cash. If you can’t pay in cash for it, you don’t deserve to have it for your leisure.
In some cases, where the amount is big and tax saving is an option, you can go for credit. Yet keep in mind that you should have enough balance in bank to pay off that entire loan in one go.
4. Work on your worth in world.
In my opinion, rather than crying or envying anybody’s achievement, you should work on yourself and increase your own worth in the world to such extent that you don’t have to give a second thought about any materialistic thing in the world.
My advice : If its useful and makes you happy, go buy it else don’t waste your money on it.
5. Net worth is more important than face value.
If you have seen actually successful people, they prove their worth with the bank balance and not with shining ornaments and clothes. If you notice any billionaire out there, they wear modest clothes. Let him be Ratan Tata or Jeff Bezos.
In recent news, I read it somewhere that Ratan Tata drove his own Nano to Taj palace. So what you wear and how you travel never defines how much worth you own.
My advice : Stay Low-key and see how you are treated.
I hope I have shared every aspect of how social media makes us insecure and what you can do in order to get out of that trap.
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