If you're looking for an answer as to why you get jealous and infuriated when you don't get likes, the answer is fairly simply from a sociological perspective. Our society is focused around two things: money and technology. This means, our sense of self worth is often dependent on a variant of the two. We use social media, via technology, for multitudes of reasons, but the two biggest purposes it serves is to be in constant connections with your social circle, as well as validate your self-worth. We perceive our self-worth as better when we get likes, and phenomenally horrible if we don't get any likes. If we look at someone who always gets likes on their photos, we think, what does this person have that I don't? Am I not as pretty? Am I not as popular? Am I not good enough? And this concept of "likes" can trigger either validated or defeated feelings within us, especially those of us who are particularly insecure about ourselves and our self-image. In a world controlled by technology, it's impossible for an "average" human to feel attractive when distorted bodies are presented as the standard for beautiful thanks to photo shop and media. This is another reason why we feel validated with a "like". You are not alone in your feelings. It is actually fairly common, even if it makes us feel silly for getting pissed over a like. The only way to get over this is to really that this IS a social construction, and you can be better than that. In realizing that the number of "likes" in NO WAY correlates the worth of a person, you can free yourself of these negative feelings. A like on a photo could mean a multitude of things, but just because you don't get "x" amount of likes has absolutely no meanings. do not be the person that fishes for compliments or attention on social media, or uses provocative photos to get likes. You may feel nice and validated for a little while, but this is NOT a healthy way to strengthen your self-worth, it only proves how insecure you are.
