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How to be happy when everyone else’s life seems perfect but yours

The current rise of social media depression has been caused by envy (Shutterstock)

With the advent of social media, you can keep tabs on other people’s lives daily. Whereas many of us are exposing our Photoshopped lives, you can’t help but feel left out. The current rise of social media depression has been caused by envy. It’s new-age envy so deep that we wonder how to be happy amidst everyone else’s joyous escapades. Here’s how to find happiness when everyone else’s life seems better than yours.

  • Acknowledge where you currently are

Let’s face it; we live in very competitive times. To make matters worse, the world is everyone’s benchmark making us compare ourselves left, right and centre. Even as you see the people around you seemingly flourish, know it can be true or false. With today’s filtered lives, it’s hard to know what people have hidden in their closets.

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