What Marcus Aurelius would say about social media anxiety
philosophical Perspective
You're scrolling endlessly through someone else's highlight reel, and the comparison is quietly eating you alive. You can think it is a trap for modern man. The ancient Romans (at least for them we have recirds) didn't have Instagram, but they profoundly understood the mental trap of seeking validation from the crowd.
"Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind."
— Marcus Aurelius
"If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, 'He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.'"
— Epictetus
Disarm online hatred with absolute, unbothered humor. Trolls lose their power when you refuse to play the game.
"True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future."
— Seneca
"You always own the option of having no opinion."
— Marcus Aurelius
You don't need a hot take for every viral controversy. Opting out is a massive flex of self-control.
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
— Epictetus
"We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality."
— Seneca
"Do not waste what remains of your life in speculating about your neighbors."
— Marcus Aurelius
"He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a man who is alive."
— Seneca
"He who needs the approval of others is their slave."
— Seneca
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Put the phone down. The only feed that actually matters is the one you're nourishing inside your own head.
"Well we are social beings, one is world inside us and another thing is our thriving to connect to other people and be accepted into society. Despite possible fact that we already have all we need within us, something is urgin us to seek validation."
Stop scrolling to see what everyone else thinks about you. Their opinions are entirely outside of your control.