For whatever it's worth, I've heard "shares" from people who say that their lives are great, everything is good, everything is beyond their wildest dreams, etc., and they sound very convincing. Then you get to know them outside the rooms. Turns out they sit at home alone watching TV all day every day chain smoking cigarettes.
I wouldn't put too much stock in what people say unless you get to know them.
Just my 0.02.