Would we have a better life without social media ? QQ and Wechat have been part of our daily life. We are always under the exposure of other people’s seemingly colorful and awesome lives. They have good relationships, they are doing well on study and their careers are promising, all of these cause an anxious feeling in us that why my life is so dull and plain, why my looking is so ordinary, why everybody is working hard and achieving great result, why I’m too lazy to work and study harder? All these questions will push us to worry even more or force us to study or worker hard so we can find come relief from being engaging in some seemingly meaningful and productive studies. There is a saying: hope your life is as awesome as it is on your Facebook. I think it’s not just a joke, and in a sense it’s telling a truth that many people often neglect, because social media can be addictive, just like drugs you will experience a period of anxiety which is very uncomfortable. Most of time, we would give up to it and install Wechat or QQ that you deleted just an hour ago. It’s addictive because when you stop using it you feel you are disconnected from the outside. And then you start to worry that you’re going to lose your friends because you are not engaging in the interaction on social media and at the same time you don’t feeling like to call them or meet them in real life. But the fact is that keeping using it won’t make you feel any easier. Although people’s lives shared on social people are enviable they are not real, not as real as you might think really. They have being selected before being posted. In other words, people only share the best part of their lives on social media which means when they post a picture of a big meal they might have just had an argument with their friends. But what you can see is only that they’ve found a good restaurant and are having a good time enjoying it while you are waiting for your take-away. For me, it’s not wise to fool yourself with all the staff on social media. A passive but in my point of view, effective method is to just delete them. And as for the need of communication, you can either make a call or just ask a friend out. And for some who are really addicted to sharing, you can just find an off-mainstream app on which you will add nobody and you post on it. By doing this, you can satisfy your desire for sharing and you are free from the anxiety of worrying about not getting enough comments or ups because you know no one will do that now.