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> wears you down over time.

You might also want to look at why other people's happens or success makes you feel bad. It's a very common feeling but it's unhealthy and a sign that you have poor self-esteem.



That may be true, but poor self-esteem is dramatically more common among young/developing people trying to figure out their place in the world. There are plenty of exceptions to that in both ways (young people with great self-esteem, older people without it), but I think that kids/teenagers will always be uniquely susceptible to ego "body blows" of the sort that social media makes very easy to receive.




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