Does anyone else get FOMO for things they naturally would not be included in?

[Anonymous]

Do you have FOMO for random things you naturally would not be included in anyways? I am not talking about seeing you 2 best friends on a girls weekend.

For instance, pre-Covid say you see 4 girlfriends at a restaurant on social media. They are more acquaintances.. but in your circle. Do you feel FOMO? Or if you see a smaller birthday party and your kid isn't invited, do you feel bad? (even if you had a party of 10, their kid wouldn't have likely been invited either?)

[Anonymous]

No, because I have a life and hobbies. I literally don't notice that kind of stuff. I see my friends having fun, I smile and move on with my day. You need to fill your time if you have the capacity to ruminate like this.

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

I think it’s normal to sometimes get fomo. It happens to me occasionally but not a lot.

I pretty much don’t ever post social stuff on social media as a rule. Sometimes other post stuff & tag me though.

[Anonymous]

Once again, social media is the reason you have FOMO? This is the nature of FB, which is basically fake news. People don’t “share” the down side of life. Move on with your day.

[Anonymous]

No. If I wanted to go out to dinner with friends, I’d make arrangements.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I get FOMO in this situation. Doesn’t bother me much though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have FOMO for random things you naturally would not be included in anyways? I am not talking about seeing you 2 best friends on a girls weekend.

For instance, pre-Covid say you see 4 girlfriends at a restaurant on social media. They are more acquaintances.. but in your circle. Do you feel FOMO? Or if you see a smaller birthday party and your kid isn't invited, do you feel bad? (even if you had a party of 10, their kid wouldn't have likely been invited either?)

Sometimes-- I think it's linked more to a brief feeling of insecurity than FOMO. It's not that I necessarily want to be out to dinner or driving my kid to every birthday party, more that I may question why we didn't get invited. Once I answer the questions..."DC doesn't know that child very well," or "those four women have been close friends since college" I move on.

I think a small twinge is normal and social media doesn't help.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I do. It is what it is.

[Anonymous]

Yes I get fomo, I can’t explain why . Sometimes it’s mild and other times it really bugs me .
I wish I didn’t though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes I get fomo, I can’t explain why . Sometimes it’s mild and other times it really bugs me .
I wish I didn’t though.

+1

It happens to me often as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes I get fomo, I can’t explain why . Sometimes it’s mild and other times it really bugs me .
I wish I didn’t though.

+1

It happens to me often as well.

Same here.

Happens to me even when it is something I would not have wanted to be part or or would have turned down if I’d been invited! I was a lonely kid, maybe just something that I’ve held onto over the years...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes I get fomo, I can’t explain why . Sometimes it’s mild and other times it really bugs me .
I wish I didn’t though.

+1

It happens to me often as well.

Same here.

Happens to me even when it is something I would not have wanted to be part or or would have turned down if I’d been invited! I was a lonely kid, maybe just something that I’ve held onto over the years...

Same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes I get fomo, I can’t explain why . Sometimes it’s mild and other times it really bugs me .
I wish I didn’t though.

+1

It happens to me often as well.

Same here.

Happens to me even when it is something I would not have wanted to be part or or would have turned down if I’d been invited! I was a lonely kid, maybe just something that I’ve held onto over the years...

Same.

Here too.

And especially when one of them asks me later how come I didn’t go too. Which happens often. “Why weren’t you there? You should have been with us!” (No one invited me)

[Anonymous]

Yes I’ve experienced this many times. Getting off social media helps but doesn’t eliminate it. I think I just have this base worry that people don’t like me or that I don’t fit in. So seeing or hearing about others getting together triggers that, even if it’s not something I would enjoy. I will even think “what’s wrong with me that I don’t enjoy stuff like that?” It’s really hard.