- Every type of photo and filter tells a story about your disposition
- People who flood social media with pictures of their partner could be insecure
- Those who favour a Valencia filter on their snaps are popular
Whether you spend 20-minutes carefully editing your bikini snaps or launch your latest photo onto Instagram without a second thought, your social media pictures could speak an abundance about your personality and mental state.
According to SheerLuxe, who curated scientific and psychological analysis from the likes of Harvard University psychologists, every type of photo and filter tells a story about your disposition.
According to the studies, people who flood social media with pictures of their partner could be insecure, while those who favour a Valencia filter on their snaps are popular.
So what do your social media tendencies say about you?
Psychologists have revealed what your pictures say about your mental state, from popular people using the Valencia filter to insecure people posting snaps of their partner
Your feed is full of photos of your partner: You’re insecure
Researchers found that those who prefer to post snaps of their partner are insecure about their relationship. This is all the more true if the photo is captured in a mundane setting and accompanied by possessive captured such as ‘my bae’.
Valencia is your fail-safe filter: You’re popular
Scientists found that people using the warm Valencia filter are more popular than their peers. They are also more likely to receive more likes online.
You love the Inkwell filter: You could be depressed
Harvard University researchers found a link between depression and darker-hued Instagram photos.
In the study, people whose photos were blue, grey and darker – often with the Inkwell filter – were more likely to be depressed.
You only post gym snaps and photos of your healthy meals: You’re a narcissist
Narcissist place such huge emphasis and importance on physical appearance that they’re the ones who hog your feed with selfies from the gym changing room and snaps of their Acai bowls.
You pose alone and never have a hair out of place: You’re conscientious
If you pose on your own in your Instagram photos and always dress to impress, then you’re super conscientious. Researchers also note that these type of people are more likely to appear older than they actually are because they post about ‘mature activities’.