I know exactly what you mean. Facebook can be tough because everyone pretends to have a picture perfect life and we end up comparing ourselves to them.

"...the gap between me and others."

"...and we end up comparing ourselves to them."

Sometimes it seems the harder I try to 'fit in' the bigger the gap becomes...and there is where I seem so different since others seem to navigate all of that almost effortlessly.

I hear ya and I agree wholeheartedly. Facebook always makes me feel inadequate. There is no way of getting out.

I only go on to brag. I bet everyone else does too.

I had that same problem with it as well, that's one of the reasons I stopped using it. I also lost any of the slight connections I had with it though now, feeling lonely...

I have to disagree in this circumstance. I lost my best friend and neighbor 4 weeks ago and I spent a lot of time on FB crying, sharing songs, quotes, and wishing the pain would go away. I wrote a quote in my journal today and forgot to hit "friends only" (must have meant to be.) It's the first quote. I hope you will read it and then realize that if you REALLY pay attention to what people write, there is a lot of sadness beneath those words, just like here. We are all important, no-one and I mean no-one is better than anyone else. I pass right on by the posts on FB that do nothing but brag. What are they bragging about? Everything they have? Things? Money? I'll make a bet with anyone who thinks people with "things" are happier than anyone else. I have "things" but do they make me happy? Absolutely not... The only "things' that makes me happy are items given to me to remind me of someone I love or loved. I'm sure in the hell not taking all this crap with me! What matters to me the most is friendship and helping others. Period. Hugs

any social media has good and bad points. sometimes it is how our mood is when we get on these sites. Around holidays, i tend to stay off of facebook. I am happy for all who have families and get togethers, but it is reminder, my family. both sides. are all gone now.

I have joined groups on there about pets, (cats) which i enjoy, or a group which features my home town. what a nice group of folks there to share memories with. from different schools, sm towns, but we all share the memories as kids, our schools, etc.

Maybe joining a group on facebook, music there are many and not just scroll thru what seems to be all happy put together folks, (((and believe me they are not as you think as they appear to you. every one has struggles, it is an outlet for them also. just who is honest is the question.

It did that to me too so much I had to take a break. I'm back on but now instead of seeing pictures of everyone's "perfect" life in my news feed I have positive pages like positively positive, Steve Mariboli, and so on. It kills me when people have over 100+ "friends" when they don't even talk to most of the people or even know them IRL.

This used to get me down too till I realised we're all on different pages with different things going on in our lives, this helps me when I start to compare.

It's understandable. It depends widely on your friend's list, too.

Depending on the source, most of what I see on FB I take w/ a grain of salt.

For example, one person posts pics of their dogs and how much they love them, constant selfies, cute pic of the kids, etc...but I know them IRL and I know they barely pay attention to the dogs, their house is a damn mess b/c they're lazy, and the kids fight like cats and dogs and stopped to smile for a pic before they're right back to fighting.

Just remember a lot of what you see on FB and social media is ppl putting their best possible image out there.

When I was a member here years back, the tone of the board made me so depressed that I left. And there were a ton of trolls, esp on the weekends. So, I went to FB. But things seem much better here now.

I DONT LIKE FACEBOOK.
2 MUCH GOSSIP.......................... LOL
I DONT LIKE TWITTER EITHER......................
GBU
I KEEP MY LIFE SIMPLE.
I M A VERY PRIVATE PERSON.
GBU
DRENA B
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