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Some teenagers ask their friends and siblings to like their posts or exaggerate their friendships and emotions.“In teenagers, social comparisons are high. VADODARA: Remaining hooked to social media is taking a big toll on Vadodara teens’ mental health.A study by a team from M S University’s Department of Psychology has revealed that the teens are suffering from low self-esteem and other mental health problems as they spend time creating fake identities, expressing fake emotions or exaggerating their real self. So at times, if they are at a tea stall they would fake their location as sitting inside a coffee chain. They want to impress their peers. And since their virtual identity is exaggerated, they are not satisfied with their real identity and behave aggressively – often losing their tempers and becoming emotional unstable,” said Rajput.While those teenagers who showcase their real self, have good mental health and their self esteem is also high, the study has also revealed that male teenagers tend to present themselves in a different way on social media platforms compared to their female counterparts.“Since social comparisons are high amongst teenagers, male students often want to show themselves more rich, impressive, smarter and active,” he added..