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PeonyPatch · 04/12/2025 19:30

Just life at the moment. I feel I am bombarded by perfect looking influencers whenever I turn on the TV or when I go on social media. Everyone looks pristine with their flawless make up and outfits. Instagram is the worst with super expensive fashion and beauty hauls… Even TV, everyone (mostly females) look perfect. It’s hard not to compare yourself but I’m just a very ordinary 35 year old. I work from home so most of the time I am in leggings, jeans or sweats and just pretty casual.

I find how I am feeling particularly worse this time of the year with a pressure to consume and spend money and look “festive glam.” If I’m totally honest, I’m just super burnt out by it all. It’s exhausting. I’ll never have as much money as these rich influencers who look perfect.

Does anyone else feel the same?
How do you all cope with it all?

I am craving authenticity and people who poke fun at the mundanity of ordinary life.

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YorkshireGoldDrinker · 04/12/2025 19:33

This is why I don't have Instagram. It was supposed to be for sharing pictures with family and friends, but it was taken over by influencers and people with not an ounce of integrity in them.

Step away from it.

FionnulaTheCooler · 04/12/2025 19:32

Nobody's perfect. What you see on Instagram will be heavily edited and filtered. Look at the people around you in real life, the vast majority of people are average looking.

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