This is why it's so easy to slip into the play - pretend game and show ourselves differently to the world - as we would like to be, NOT as we truly are. Searching for a perfect angle for a selfie may take hours, everyone has basic Photoshop skills nowadays and picking a suitable filter became essential. This year, a story of a former Instagram model became viral as she decided to speak up on the truth about her 'perfect life'hidden behind her pictures. The technology keeps up with these bizarre trends: let's just take a minute and contemplate the new iPhone with the built-in camera filter.
The message here is that we are naturally NOT beautiful enough. That we should focus on the beauty standards only a few can actually meet. We instantly feel bad about ourselves and reach out to the next best thing: adding Instagram filters.
Buzzfeed made a humorous story about fake lives on Instagram. A few laughs might not hurt, but seriously - instead of covering up or Photoshopping, we should take a holistic approach towards our body and mind.

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