The Comparison Trap And How To Fight Back With Gratitude
What’s the deal? Did you know that over 1 billion individuals worldwide struggle with mental health disorders? Out of that pool, 359 million of them wrestle with anxiety disorders and another 332 million live with depression (WHO 2025) . These numbers don’t include the many who go undiagnosed or who experience subclinical symptoms. Mental health in the twenty-first century has reached an all time low and it shows. Of course, mood disorders aren’t new. If you’ve ever attended a philosophy class, you’d have seen that people have struggled for centuries. However, their prevalence has sky rocketed in recent generations. The question many are asking is, “why?” Let’s take a moment to investigate: Pinterest, TikTok, and Instagram. Social media is the stage on which we present ourselves and are exposed to the lives of others. Fitness routines, sunsets, brand name outfits, flawless hair, perfect skin, extravagant vacations—you get the point. Many of us use our socia...