Happiness has become a commodity and not simply a feeling. It is now a managed, measured and marketed moment that is photographed, posted, captioned and audited by a timeline audience. Joy has become a performance, saidAnne-Mari Viviersof Heavenly Healing.
Sunny dispositions and easy-looking relationships are the order of the day. Publicly, the only people with dirty laundry seem to be politicians and naughty celebrities. Everyone else edits it out of existence.
It can be a perilous precipice when it comes to self-confidence. “When there’s a significant gap between our authentic self and the image we’re presenting, it can create a sense of internal tension,” she said. “People often describe it as feeling exhausted, stuck, restless, or disconnected without fully understanding why.
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It’s a bit like carrying around a mask all day. Eventually, even if the mask is beautiful, it becomes heavy.”
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