The world of social media is different from your off line life and the number of “likes” you get on a post is not a barometer for how liked you are in real life…
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Let’s remember that we all have an element of a distorted view of our bodies as well as complicated relationships with food…
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Everyone is affected by Body Image - having a body means you have body image. In the same way, we all have mental health. The degree to which we are impacted depends on how much influence the feelings of falls somewhere on the spectrum and the impact body image has on people varies depending on where they fall.
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Body image is a complex phenomenon and rarely boils down to just one thing. It can be shaped by an individual's mind set and biology, the influence of industry (food, fashion, fitness and beauty), media (traditional media, social media, advertising world), influencers (peer groups, family) and the society and culture we live in.
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Body image is defined as how we see our physical selves and how that impacts us emotionally. Simply put: body image is how we think and feel about our bodies.
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As a body image specialist working in this field for over 20 years, I am so happy that Mental Health Awareness Week has chosen to focus on body image as the theme this year.
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