Absolutely 💯 what you just posted is something I’ve struggled with for a long time, but never could put it into words. I would just try to shove the feelings down farther so as not to inconvenience anyone. I still struggle with this, but at least I’m aware of the fact it do it now.
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I’m so surprised and honestly happy to know a lot of people get the same thing. Idk why I feel like when I’m just people watching, I feel like everyone else is doing so much more than me and there must be something slightly off about me for feeling the way I do.
I think if I were to talk about negatives of social media this would be one of those things. We only get people’s highlights. We as a society need downtime and rest. Rest isn’t negative. But society has told us we have to be moving to be considered productive. Rest is also productive. This is a constant battle for me.
This is also why I like Nostr. People are okay with not being okay. And it’s okay to really be yourself.
Yes. Even on nostr, users may choose to only show the best parts of their lives and that’s totally ok, but as viewers of content, I think we need reminders that we are all not always ok.