There are a million articles out there that talk about how people build themselves up on social media. We only post the good things on Facebook and Instagram. Our Snapchat stories are for humor and good selfies.

Twitter...well Twitter seems to be the one place where we go into existential crises, but on the whole, it is still a platform for humor and quick little quips about our opinions and whatever good things are going on in our lives.

That's sort of the whole point of social media. We get to talk about our lives and experiences and keep in touch with people that we don't see very often anymore. So, it makes sense that we only want to post the good stuff.

We only want to post the good things and sometimes we all have a tendency to make things seem better than they are. We do it to varying degrees, but we all do it.

In my opinion, that's where the problem lies. It's not about the fact that we only post the good things that happen to us (because sometimes dirty laundry isn't meant to be aired online).

It's the fact that even when things aren't going great, or we aren't feeling great (usually it's a mixture of the two), we still post as though everything is spectacular.

We front on social media; we pretend that our lives are constantly flowing smoothly and that we're always happy and on top of the world, but the reality is that no one can be like that all day every day. That's just not how life works.

We all go through tough times. We all get overwhelmed, stressed out and sad. In every life, a little rain must fall, but some of us just get rained on more than others. It's not fun, but we need to start being honest about it.

We need to stop pretending that everything is great when it's not.

That doesn't mean you have to share every negative mood or bad thing that happens to you on Facebook because sometimes things are really personal or you just don't want to tell all of your followers on Instagram that you're feeling depressed. That's understandable.

But when you're feeling down and out, don't lie about it. When you're struggling, ask for help but don't lie. So many people struggle on their own because they never let other people know when they're struggling.

I've started to attempt this. I try to keep my social media accounts a fairly positive place because there's already enough negativity out there. But when I'm really struggling, whether it's stress or depression, I try not to lie about it.

Usually, it means I go quiet on social media for a bit.

I won't post on Facebook or Instagram; not only do I not want to lie to other people about how I'm doing, but I also don't want to lie to myself or make myself feel like I need to fake being happy for the sake of something as trivial as social media.

We need to stop fronting on social media. We owe it to ourselves and we owe it to the people we care about to not lie about how we're doing all the time. There's merit in, "fake it till you make it," but you also need to figure out when you need to start being honest with yourself.

So next time you're not feeling all that great, instead of posting as though you're emanating rainbows, don't.

Even if you're not comfortable posting that you're in a rough spot, just don't post about feeling like you're on top of the world when in reality it may feel like you're buried underneath it.

Talk to the people close to you. Be honest about how you're feeling. You don't owe it to anyone to pretend that you've got it all together when that's not the case, even if it's only for a little while.

"You don’t have to be good all the time. It’s okay to be hurt sometimes. It’s okay to feel lost like you’re wandering around in the dark. It’s the bad days that make the good ones so much better."- Brittany Cherry