While that can be the result of a variety of aspects, it’s likely that social media plays a part. Incessantly scrolling through your Twitter and Instagram feeds looking for likes and follows is bound to leave you feeling anxious. “What happens when they log on is that you kind of activate a lot of social comparison,” professor of psychology at the University of Michigan Oscar Ybarra told medical site HealthLine.¶¶”[T]hey nevertheless feel like, ‘How am I stacking up?’ or ‘How is my life stacking up?’ compared to what these people are presenting. I think that what happens is that the more you use the platforms, the more social comparisons you tend to induce, and that relates to these decrements in how people are feeling.”