The Comparison Trap

Dear Delyara, I spent three hours scrolling through Instagram tonight. Everyone is on vacation. Everyone has a perfect kitchen. Everyone is "thriving." I’m sitting in a flat that smells like damp, eating cereal for dinner because I’m too tired to cook. I know it’s a highlight reel, but it feels like a personal attack. I feel like a "lower-tier" human. I’m stuck in a loop of feeling like I’m not enough, and the more I try to "fix" myself, the more broken I feel. I just want to be okay with being ordinary.