It's common to post on social media to keep a record of the fun things you do. Although social media has its positive aspects. it can also have some serious 1 results. For example, have you ever been bored and decided to check social 2, only to find out that your best friend is at the Great Wall, one of your classmates is eating delicious noodles at your 3 restaurant, and one of your basketball teammates is visiting the giant pandas in Sichuan? Oh! You're really 4! At least that's what you might think.
Have you ever had that feeling that others are experiencing things and enjoying life 5than you are? Researchers call that feeling the fear of missing out or FOMO.
FOM0 is a real 6 that over 75% of young people are experiencing from time to time. Social media is the cause, because it's so easy today to 7 through to see what your friends are doing, eating, buying and talking about. 8, it would be impossible to enjoy all the same activities we see others take part in on social media. Rather than 9this basic truth, though, we often let FOMO lead us to compare our lives to those of others on social media. This 10 leaves us feeling dissatisfied. Why? We know all the aspects of our lives—both good and bad. But all we see on social media are the 11 moments others share. FOMO makes us check social media more frequently, leading to a negative cycle that can be hard to 12Researchers have found that social media and FOMO can cause feelings of13, loneliness and boredom. Researchers advise that we stop looking for 14 on social media. If we let FOMO 15 us, the only thing we'll really be missing out on is our own life. And life's too short for that.
