Fake Images

You see their pictures. Their pictures of the perfect family and their perfect relationship. Look how happy they are. Look how blessed they look. Why can’t I have that? Where can I find that?

Trust me, you probably do not want it.

It is rather funny, don’t you think? It is funny how what we see and what we think are really just our brains jumping to conclusions. All the meanwhile, your brain in this particular matter is mostly completely wrong. They are just faker photos, all of what you see is truly an illusion. An illusion not only by the performer (those in the photo) but also by your own mind. That is the truth. The truth behind the camera lens.

I used to be one of those people that viewed those in the photos to be so lucky, to be so blessed. However, when you learn people’s truth, you mostly find it is all a big lie. You will have family and friends that you know that happen to be so miserable or unhappy in their relationships, then next thing you know, they post the most loving looking photos. However, that is just how the photo looks. How they pose, how they act. Not how they really feel. We never see the images of how people really feel.

In this society we put on a mask. We hide our true selves our true emotions as we are afraid of what others will think, of what others will say. We are also in a society with such standards that we mostly do not want others to feel bad for us, in fact, we mostly want everyone to be jealous of us, to envy us, to want what we have, even if we have nothing at all, we can make it look like we have everything, with just the snap of a good picture.

The human brain is the most complex thing in the universe as far as science itself knows it. As a baby, an infant, our brain is free and full of endless possibilities. We can learn any language; we can learn any fact and we can comprehend repetition so fast without even hardly being educated to do so as our brain does it automatically. As a baby the world is a wonderland and we adapt quickly to everything we are learning. As your brain develops and you get older and you interpret your feeling differently and your believes that you have developed over time. With that, you are more receptible to brain wash, to believe outside opinions rather than your own.

With the influence of others around you and of course with the influence of our lovely enemy, social media, we become formed to try to match world standards. We do this without even realizing that we are. We rarely think twice when it comes to being accepted by those around us because as humans, we also fear being alone, fear being left out. These influences make us determine how to behave in certain situations, with certain individuals. It impacts the way we talk, the way we dress, the way we learn, the way we walk and of course, the way we act.

So, the next time when you see those couples or those families that post on social media with those big smiles and their life seems so perfect, and they seem so happy and so blessed, don’t worry, it’s probably fake news. It is probably the trick of the camera lens and you probably do not want to know the real truth behind the camera lens.