IS YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEED TOO PERFECT?

EVERYONE'S LIFE CAN APPEAR PERFECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. On YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and similar apps, people tend to share their happiest, most picturesque moments. They carefully compose any text to get the message just right. They use filters and enhancements to glam up images and videos. The app sorts the posts with the most likes and comments to the top. The end result? All you see of others' lives is the best of the best.

- BY KATHRYN HULICK

Your own life may not seem to measure up. Things happen every day that you'd never dare share. You also see all of your posts that don't get many likes. You may unfairly compare the worst of your life to the very best of others' lives. "I do feel I need to be perfect and compare myself to others all the time," 15-year-old Maddie McGowan of the United Kingdom told The Guardian.