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Thursday, October 29, 2020

Distorted reality

Social media allows us to create a version of ourselves that we want to show to the rest of the world.

  • Writer: K
    K
  • Oct 29, 2020
  • 1 min read

Updated: Nov 18, 2025

Social media these days allow people to only showcase the "best" versions of themselves or what they choose to portray to the world.


It's mostly about personal victories and trophies. The oopsies and slip-ups don't show up on the LinkedIn and Facebook feeds. But whenever something is achieved, the confetti and loud-hailers come out. Things are often more rosy than they sound.


We often over-hype on the little successes we have and sweep our weaknesses under the carpet. For whatever excuse we have for doing that, it creates a version of ourselves that we want the world to associate us with and not really what we are. And like it or not, this phenomenon is here to stay.



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