Are people faking being married

Being married? Probably not. But happily married? Yeah man, they're faking that. They post pics of their happy times to validate to themselves that everything is okay. But look at the divorce statistics or just talk to random married couples and you'll find a lot of unhappiness and depression.

having a better job than me

I struggle with this too. My major was in computer networking and I never applied myself so I'm at a dead end low IT job. Meanwhile a guy I know works as an IT dude in Amazon and makes bank. But I have to remind myself that all workers are oppressed by their bosses and by capitalism/capitalists and so while relatively speaking he may have a "better job" he is still getting fucked. Worker solidarity definitely is something that helps me fight this aspect of my depression

owning their own home

Homeowners are massively in debt not just from the balance of paying on the house but also maintenance etc. Owning or renting a home aren't usually great cheery options in our soceity

Having a party or event with lots of people, travelling to some cool place for vacation

And again these are just the good times posted as a cover for the bad times and it also conceals the massive debt we all owe to the ultra rich

but some (most) people are just doing way better than me in every conceivable metric. Facebook just makes it easier to compare myself to everyone I know.

So with all that said, I totally get where you're coming from. The whole reason I got off social media in the first place was because I felt like my life was worse or more boring than others. But the truth is, it's usually not. Everyone is in debt, everyone works too hard for too little pay, everyone is tired, and most people are depressed. Nobody shares snaps of them eating gas station sushi because the boss was a jerk, ya know?

But it can feel that way. That's the whole point of social media. It wants to make you feel shitty so that you try to cope by posting more of your own shit that makes othera post more. It's a vicious cycle lol.

Anyway sorry for rambling. I'm a bit tipsy and just wanted to let you know that truly most of the people online are in a shitty mental situation like us but that the very nature of social media makea it hard for us to believe it.