Nearly 30 percent of women lied about “doing something when I am home alone”, almost a quarter overstated their alcohol consumption while one in five were not truthful about their holiday activities or their jobs.

Almost one in five women even lied about their “relationship status”.

“We work very hard presenting ourselves to the world online, pretending and attempting to be happy all the time which is exhausting and ultimately unfulfilling,” said Dr Michael Sinclair, a leading British consultant psychologist.

“Omitting the less desirable imperfections of our lives from the conversations with our 'friends' online leads to less opportunity to feel empathised with, resulting in a greater sense of disconnection from others.”

The survey was commissioned by Pencourage, a new anonymous “diary-style” social media website.

(Read by Brian Salter. Brian Salter is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)

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(Source: Telegraph)

一项调查发现，女性总爱在Facebook或Twitter这样的社交网站上说谎，把自己的生活描述得比实际更精彩。

研究人员发现，至少四分之一的女性每个月会有一次在社交媒体上夸张或扭曲地谈论自己做的事。

这项涵盖了2000名女性的调查发现，她们大多假装自己到市中心去玩乐，而事实上她们却独自在家待着，而且还喜欢把一次异域风情的假日或自己的工作加以美化。

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