A lot of people live fake lives on social media. You look at the pictures of these people and tell yourself that they are living the good life.
You then start wondering why your life is the way it is. You start questioning your purpose and the efforts you put into living your own life.
Just stop putting unnecessary pressure on yourself. A lot of people are living a fake life on social media. Most times, what you see is not what you get with these people who seemingly have perfect lives on the gram.
Below are 10 reasons people live a fake life on social media:
1. To project a cool image of themselves
The beauty of social media is that you craft the image of yourself you’ve always wanted.
You can embellish all the great things going on in your life while ignoring the not-so-great things.
2. To live up to fake image others release
People think those personas are cool and relatable, so they try to live up to those stereotypes of the people who seem to have it all together.
3. To become famous
One reason so many people on social media these days seem faker than ever is that our celebrity obsessed culture has turned them into attention hawks with no appreciation for life or other people.
4. To hide their boring lives
What better way to impress your friends from 20 years ago than by pretending you are rich and you have made it on social media? It’s so easy to fake a life on social media, so most people do it to get away from their own boring life and impress people they haven’t seen in years.
5. To hide their vulnerable side
On social media, there’s really no reward for showing how vulnerable you are. People will make a mince meat of your vulnerabilities. In reality, social media is probably a dangerous place to share too much about yourself because people on the internet are mean.
6. To get more likes
Most people who are living fake lives on social media do so to get more likes than others. They don’t care about harming themselves as long as they portray their perfect lives on the gram, they are cool.
7. To compare themselves to others
It’s almost human nature to compare ourselves to others and social media is the perfect place to outdo your competition.
All you have to do is show that you are successful through fake status updates and fake photos.
8. To appear perfect and successful
In most cases, some people’s lives are nothing to write home about. Nothing significant is happening in their lives, so they decide to fool everyone on social media by faking a false life.
9. To fit in no matter the cost
The pressure to fit in the society is so high that many people fake it if they can not make it. If they cannot afford a happy and glamorous lifestyle in reality they come on social media to fake it.
10. To hide what is really going with them
Some people make use of social media to mask their current situation. The more miserable they are in real life the happier they try to look on social media.
Fake people: They are braggers of the group. They will keep talking about things they did or are doing. They will inflate the most insignificant things and their role in that. They may even exaggerate to the extent of lying if that serves them a purpose.
