That's an interesting point. I wonder why you can't talk about how happy you are but you can talk about how unhappy you are?
Does it sound boastful or insensitive? Is it uninteresting to hear?
Does it sound boastful or insensitive? Is it uninteresting to hear?
Maybe that’s patronizing and not giving other individuals enough credit. Thinking on my own past depression, I don’t recall that I felt worse because of comparison to others —- I think the bigger problem was more to do with my own lack of direction, displeasure with myself, and feeling trapped.
Seeing others take alternative paths and reach happiness might’ve actually been helpful for overcoming some of my self-constructed obstacles.
It’s become more about not wanting to feed the ad monster and give my circle more reasons to be in those apps these days. Apple photo stream is where we share instead.