Yep, social media was the worst for me - everyone wants to appear to have a perfect life. I used to fall for it. I was always envious of the good that seemed to happen to every one - especially the fact they were in relationships. I have culled back my friend lists on social media to those I only know in real life. That seemed to greatly reduce the incidents of envy.

I just posted on another thread the fact that everyone will have things they are unhappy with in their lives.Everyone worries about what peope think of them, about being happy, and faces an amount of stress. No one has a perfect life. No one considers their life to be easy.

I spent years envious of working relationships. It came to a point that it was a crisis. Although I didn't realize the therapy was modelled on CBT, some self-help programs actually helped. It gave me coping skills about improving my self-worth, and helped me deconstruct the 'catastrophe' I considered not having a relationship to be. My mistake? I stopped doing the work.