Why do people believe absurd "inspirational" shared Facebook stories?

[carmen]

About a man who died and who's dog sleeps on his grave, or a doctor who leaves his own sons funeral to save the life of someone else's son, or a woman who "sacrificed" her own life to continue a precarious pregnancy yet survived, or a woman whoa husband wants a divorce so she makes him carry her owner the threshold for weeks until her hanged his mind, or a 3rd grade teacher who gets regular updates on a former troubled student ou to find outbid becomes a doctor and then invites her to his wedding while she wears a bravely and some old perfume he'd given her in the 3rd grade.or worse yet they want you to like or share obviously fake photos of a woman wearing a wedding gown delivering flowers to her fiancées grave or something absurd.

The stories are always poorly written, unrealistic, lack any location or date and timeframe so they are obviously fabricated, this dialogue is always akward and not consistent with how people actually speak to one another in real life, they are like soap operah lines. "Johnny, you taught me the meaning if life and love, carry me with you always". And if they have a medical theme the stories and diagnosis' don't add I up (I'm a nurse).

People eat these stories up and act as if they are real, posting that they are in tears or whatever. Why ??!! They are fake!!!!