> Why do we compare ourselves to others? This condition is called 'Keeping Up With the Joneses', or a more modern term is 'Status Anxiety'. We compare ourselve

> Why do we compare ourselves to others? This condition is called 'Keeping Up With the Joneses', or a more modern term is 'Status Anxiety'. We compare ourselves to others because of the Status differences and societal hierarchy that has come to exist in modern civilization. > Is this beneficial? Not at all. Comparing yourself to others is said to make you depressed, sick even. > Peasant communities have far lower levels of depression than urban societies. There are many possible explanations but one key factor may be that farming communities are far less interested in status striving. Subsistence farmers did not try to impress each other with limousines and caviar. Status differences were minor. Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201304/keeping-the-joneses-makes-us-sad-and-sick https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201304/... Being on Facebook or Instagram and watching your friends living a "great exciting life" (which is usually an embellishment of their real life) is also said to cause anxiety and depression. > Why would heavy social media usage cause depression? The exposure to “highly idealized representations of peers on social media elicits feelings of envy and the distorted belief that others lead happier, more successful lives". Source: Research Links Heavy Facebook And Social Media Usage To Depression => https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/04/30/study-links-heavy-facebook-and-social-media-usage-to-depression/#5b79de424b53 https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/04/30/study-l...