Comparison Scroll

Metaphorical Narrative

Swipe.
A perfect vacation, a flawless body, a career win.
Chest tightens.
Mind whispers: “Behind. Lacking. Not enough.”

Core Insight

Every human knows this pain. The scroll shows fragments but the body reads them as verdicts.

Proof Snapshot: Research links social comparison on feeds to spikes in cortisol and declines in self-esteem, even when posts are curated illusions.

Liberation is starving the illusion. Presence belongs here, not in staged fragments.

Identity Line: I forbid the feed to define worth. Observer holds the whole truth.

Saturday Experiment

Limit one scroll session to 5 minutes.
When envy rises, narrate: “Fragments, not truth.” Close the app.

Sunday Reflection

Where else this week did they confuse fragments for verdicts?
What shifted when they reclaimed the whole?
What identity grows when worth is internal, not scrolled?