Why Is The Grass Always Greener on the Other Side? Human Psychology
2You're familiar with the phrase, "The grass is always greener on the other side," yes?
We perform our lives every day whether or not we know it. How we dress, talk, act, etc. are all reflections of the life we live. If one of those facets are criticized or called into question, we suddenly feel attacked and our ego is threatened.
When we see others present their lives as seemingly more successfully than our own, we become dissatisfied with our lives, as we see what could be for us. That creates a loss aversion mindset that makes us feel as if we could and should be doing more to live a better life.
Social media's exponential rise in ubiquity has made this phenomenon increase tenfold. Before, "keeping up with the Jones's" just meant us comparing ourselves to our neighbors.
The neighbors got a new car so we get a new car. The neighbors got a washing machine so we get a new washing machine. The neighbors got a new dog - you get the picture.
Now however, we're not comparing ourselves to just our neighbors but literally the entire world.
The internet has connected us on such an intimate level that our lives are now subject to criticism by an astoundingly larger population, and therefore can be criticized on a substantially higher level.
Not only this, but when we see other peoples' lives and how great they are, we start to compare that to our own lives. people only post the good parts of their relationships so we become disillusioned with our own rather quickly.
This is also true of all other aspects of our lives. If I see posts of people going to parties, traveling to amazing places, and having SO much fun with their friends who are all well dressed and attractive,
I start to feel like all of my posts about foodand art are stale and boring, thus causing me to have this longing to do, see, and experience more.
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