The Comparison Game and How to Cultivate a Secure Sense of Self
Has today’s age of social media made it easier to compare ourselves to others as we see posts of people at their best? The Lord says, “Each of you must examine your own actions. Then you can be proud of your own accomplishments without comparing yourself to others. Assume your own responsibility.” Galatians 6:4-5 In 1954, psychologist Leon Festinger hypothesized on how people form opinions about themselves. Festinger was the first to use the term Social Comparison which the