I would often get feelings of envy or
dissatisfaction from browsing it...
...comparing the best moments of my "closest"
500 friends, sometimes I come up short
No, not crazy at all! I've seen MANY people make similar observations and I have definitely felt this way myself.
It's totally sensible. How could a person possibly avoid comparing themselves to others, even subconsciously, and how could a single person's life ever compare favorably to the aggregated "highlights" of multiple other people? logically we know it's about as realistic as comparing ourselves to sports highlights on TV, but we still do it because it's a human thing to do.
For me the answer involved not really spending time browsing FB; I don't really read my "feed" much. I mainly use it to contact people.
I guess you could say I use it a bit selfishly: I post things on there more than I read others' posts. I don't think it's selfish in the same way that talking only about myself during a "real" conversation would be selfish, though, because nobody is forced to read what I say on FB. They can pick and choose...
It's totally sensible. How could a person possibly avoid comparing themselves to others, even subconsciously, and how could a single person's life ever compare favorably to the aggregated "highlights" of multiple other people? logically we know it's about as realistic as comparing ourselves to sports highlights on TV, but we still do it because it's a human thing to do.
For me the answer involved not really spending time browsing FB; I don't really read my "feed" much. I mainly use it to contact people.
I guess you could say I use it a bit selfishly: I post things on there more than I read others' posts. I don't think it's selfish in the same way that talking only about myself during a "real" conversation would be selfish, though, because nobody is forced to read what I say on FB. They can pick and choose...