11 Comparison Is a Thief of Everything

“No one is you, and that’s your superpower.” Every single day, we compare ourselves to other people. We compare everything – our appearance, lives, education, career, success, popularity, wealth, with people we know, as well as people we never met before. According to recent studies, comparison on social media can contribute to lower self-esteem, envy, loneliness, and feeling anxious and depressed. In today’s episode, Anci covers why the comparison is a thief of literally anything, and she shares her TOP six tips on how to break the self-comparison mindset. USED SOURCES: VERDUYN P., GUGUSHVILI N., MASSAR K., TÄHT K., and KROSS E. Social comparison on social networking sites. Current Opinion in Psychology. 2020, December 2020(36), p. 32-37. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X20300464#bib0115 VOGEL E. A., ROSE J. P., ROBERTS L. R., and ECKLES K. Social Comparison, Social Media, and Self-Esteem. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. 2014, 3(4), p. 206-222. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erin_Vogel3/publication/275507421_Social_comparison_social_media_and_self-esteem/links/55c2b71108aeb975673e47f6/Social-comparison-social-media-and-self-esteem.pdf Nesi J. and Prinstein M. J. Using Social Media for Social Comparison and Feedback-Seeking: Gender and Popularity Moderate Associations with Depressive Symptoms. Journal of abnormal child psychology. 2015, (43) 8. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5985443/ The Danger of Comparing Yourself to Others. Farnam Street. 2019. Available at: https://fs.blog/2019/06/comparing-yourself-others CAPRINO, Kathy. When Comparing Yourself To Others Turns Self-Destructive. Forbes. 2017. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2017/08/18/when-comparing-yourself-to-others-turns-self-destructive/?sh=5a4997866539 The Danger of Comparing Yourself to Others. Farnam Street. 2019. Available at: https://fs.blog/2019/06/comparing-yourself-others Social Comparison Theory. Psychology Today. Available at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/social-comparison-theory SUBSCRIBE TO BINGE ON SELF-LOVE: Subscribe to Binge on Self-Love podcast: https://anchor.fm/bingeonselflove For more content on binge eating, procrastination, self-love, and self-acceptance visit https://bingeonselflove.com Follow @bingeonselflove on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bingeonselflove