Social media is feeding our perfectionist tendencies in ways we have never experienced before, and rather than seeing inspiration on our feeds and following with action, we are over stimulated and paralysed by a fear that keeps us stuck. Like, if it cannot be perfect straight away then what is the point? This then reinforces the conditions for comparison as we: Find it increasingly difficult to be happy for others who are successful as we feel the sting of them being ‘out there’ in the world doing what we want to. Hold ourselves to the standards of others’ accomplishments rather than our own.
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