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Are you in a self-comparison slump? We all know better, but it’s honestly very hard to avoid comparing our lives to others. And today’s social media algorithms have done a decent job at dialing those insecurities up.
And runners are certainly not immune to the running-related accounts we follow, as many influencers post perfect, ‘gram-worthy run photos.
A study conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia surveyed how people use Facebook, X, and Instagram and the impacts to their well-being. What they found was that the more people compared themselves to others the less happy they felt. Derrick Wirtz, the lead author of the study, speculates that simply viewing someone’s accomplishment or positivity on social media lends itself easily to comparison without the mood-boosting benefit of actually interacting…
