What is body image?
It is the subjective picture or mental image of one's own body.
People view their bodies differently that’s what makes an individual to have his or her own unique style of dressing.
People pick up different styles from different places some have a negative impact while others positive.
Body image includes:
It takes time for some one to come up with an image that can be spotted a mile away by anybody.
Some points to note are how we look at our bodies visually, the feeling we get from our physical appearance, the sense of how others view our body image and how much we are connected to our bodies.
Why body image is important?
A simple explanation as to why body image is a priority to people is because they want to look presentable and admirable to the rest.
Women spend hours in the mirror trying to figure out the best way to dress or apply make up. They end up wasting a lot of time trying to fix themselves unlike men who some of them do not own even a mirror in the house.
If some one has a poor body image this can adversely affect the person leading to an increase in weight and no control loss of control of their bodies.
This low self esteem have driven many to look for options so as to boost their body confidence. Some opt to do dieting, exercising lot, laxative abuse, vomiting, smoking and use of steroids in order to control weight/body which is dangerous and leads to negative body image.
A quote may can relate with “There is always a vicious circle here: the more a person focuses on his or her body, the worse a person tends to feel about how he or she looks-obsession leads to discontent”. The human body thrives through compliments from different people this makes a person feel satisfied with the way they look. Negative compliments tend to make some one feel depressed and feel unwanted by the people surrounding them.
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