Our double lives: Dark realities behind ‘perfect’ online profiles. The contrast between her life and death could not be more stark: The beautiful, successful blond doctor, a married mother of three, found lying in the vestibule of a strange apartment building, underwear stashed in her handbag, dying of a likely drug overdose. To her family and friends, Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny had it all.“This was so out of character . I know this was atypical,” one said.“She was human,” another said. People forget that because she was so perfect.”Even those who didn’t know the 3. Cerveny would likely draw the same conclusion. One look at her Facebook page — since renamed “Remembering Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny” — would have been, until last Sunday, enough to induce envy in most anyone.

Her photo album is vast. She was photogenic, well- loved, well- traveled. Here she is on April 5, 2. Turks and Caicos” with her handsome future husband, Andrew, also a dermatologist. Here they are again, dressed up for a formal event, looking utterly carefree.

Wow!” posted a user. What a good- looking couple!”There are pictures of Kiersten sailing in Jackie O- style sunglasses, on vacation in Hawaii, partying in New Orleans, lounging après- ski in Whistler, swathed in a thick spa robe and, later, dining by the fireplace. There are photos of her three adorable, beaming children, the youngest now a little over 1 year old.

She lived with her family in a $1. Manhasset, LI, and her life — at least on Facebook — seemed to be filled with equally good- looking, happy people living equally privileged lives. But then, these days, the gap between the person we are and the person we present to the world has never been wider. Our web of lies. There are 8. Instagram a day. Facebook has 1. Twitter has 3. 16 million active accounts; Tumblr 2.

Pinterest has 4. 7. US alone and is the fastest- growing independent site in history. Increasingly, most of us are living two lives: one online, one off.

And studies show that this makes us more vulnerable to depression, loneliness and low self- worth. In 2. 01. 3, scientists at two German universities monitored 5. Facebook users and found one out of three would feel worse after checking what their friends were up to — especially if those friends had just posted vacation photos. Even smaller details had the same effect.“Overall,” wrote the study’s authors, “shared content does not have to be ‘explicitly boastful’ for feelings of envy to emerge. In fact, a lonely user might envy numerous birthday wishes his more sociable peer receives on his Facebook wall.

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Equally, a friend’s change in the relationship status from ‘single’ to ‘in a relationship’ might cause emotional havoc for someone undergoing a breakup.”A 2. Manhattan- based marketing agency Current found 6. There is an anti- social media movement on the horizon,” Current executive Amy Colton told Adweek. Moms, especially young moms, are feeling pressured to present a perfect life . Shutterstock. Mai- Ly Nguyen Steers, a post- doctoral fellow at the University of Houston, has spearheaded a similar study.“The idea came to me when my little sister, who was 1. Steers, 3. 8, tells The Post. She told me about logging on to Facebook the very next day and seeing all these pictures of her friends at the dance, and that actually made her feel worse than not being invited.”“Seeing Everyone Else’s Highlight Reels: How Facebook Usage is Linked to Depressive Symptoms” was co- authored with two other social psychologists and published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology last year.

Steers cited the work of social psychologist Leon Festinger, who, in 1. Studies show young people, no matter how accomplished, are the most vulnerable.

Take Madison Holleran, a beautiful Ivy League student, star athlete and all- around popular girl. Her Instagram account only underscored this image: parties, friends, track meets, her dad cheering her on.

But Madison was keenly aware of the difference between her online life and her real one. She once corrected her mother, who told ESPN The Magazine that after looking at Madison’s photos, she turned to her daughter and said, “Madison, you look like you’re so happy at this party.”“Mom,” Madison said. It’s just a picture.”On Jan. Madison posted a photo of trees strung with lights, bulbs glowing against the twilight. An hour later, she leapt to her death from the ninth floor of a parking garage.

Madison Holleran posted a photo of Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia to Instagram (right) an hour before jumping to her death. She was 1. 9 years old. Her family has kept her Instagram account up as a reminder, especially for teens, that a life online may bear no resemblance to one actually lived. One of Madison’s favorite quotes, posted to her feed a year before her suicide: “Even people you think are perfect are going through something difficult.”Real and fake.

Then there are those who aggressively seek out admiration and envy. Google “Go. Pro proposal” and you’ll get 4. Some couples live- stream it. Others stage- manage the “set,” then hire professional photographers to capture the moment.“The engagement thing is so creepy,” says Chelsea Fagan, 2. The Financial Diet, covers the impact of social media on young women. There’s this weird arms race now where everything has to be a moment, no matter how private. We always get a lot of responses with weddings and engagements — women spend a lot of money to look ‘Pinterest perfect.’ ”It’s not just weddings or special events, though.

Social- media users spend exorbitant amounts to look like their daily, everyday lives are spent eating the finest food, wearing the most on- trend designs, living a stylish, well- appointed life — no problems. Fagan recently ran a post titled “My ‘Perfect’ Life on Social Media is Putting Me in Debt.” The author went only by the name Jasmine. She wrote that “my ‘real’ life is actually pretty boring,” but her 5,0. I have a side of my apartment that I photograph, and it’s perfect. The other side is always a mess,” she wrote. I buy a lot of things to maintain my image .

I even consider it important to always have a fridge full of La Croix and coconut water for my pictures. Writing this makes me realize just how insane it all is.”Jasmine confessed that she’s $3,4. When your life feels perfect, or like a catalog, that’s aggravating to people,” Fagan says. We’re hearing a lot of pushback.”One of last year’s most popular viral videos, with more than 1. What’s on Your Mind?” Produced by three Norwegian brothers, it’s a black comedy about one young man’s actual life (broke, dumped, unemployed, drinking alone and paying for sex) versus his online one (Single!

Free! Out clubbing! Living the dream!).“I just saw one status update after another,” said director Shaun Higton, explaining the film’s genesis. This is my new girlfriend — yay!’ ‘This is my new car — yay!’ ‘I’m going on vacation — yay!’ I was just like, ‘Ugh, gosh, when does it stop?’ Like, everybody can’t be having a great day today. And I was feeling bad about my own life . I think we’ve all been there.”Artist Zilla van den Born was similarly inspired.

Last year, she uploaded a monthlong series of photos taken on her travels in Southeast Asia — scuba diving, praying in a Buddhist temple, sampling local cuisine — then revealed those images were all the work of Photoshop. Watch Online Watch The Life Before Her Eyes Full Movie Online Film. She had hidden in her apartment the entire time, duping even friends and family.“My goal was to prove how easy it is to believe in a distorted reality,” van den Born told The Washington Post. I wanted to make people more aware that the images we see are manipulated, and it’s not only the models in the magazines but also our friends on social media who contribute to this fake reality. We should be more careful about what we believe, and ask ourselves why a photo is made — how and by whom and with which intention.”I think people are becoming more comfortable with the idea that what you post on Instagram isn’t really you. - Chloe Miller, 1.