Body Shaming As “Words can hit hard and wound deeply…”
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2019
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UMT.lahore
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If only you were a bit slim or fair, you would have looked a lot more beautiful. Yes, we all have our own beauty standards and perceptions, in which we want other people to get fit in. Why there is ‘if only’, if someone is looking good just say it. We just pass comment without thinking once that what other people are going through and what will be the results. May be our good compliments can make their day great. We all play an imperative part in the life of people around us by passing good or bad comment on them, or by making fun of their body, features or complexion (skin tone).
These concerns are a growing issue among young adult men and women and sometimes they experience sociocultural stress and depression. Dissatisfaction of body image or passing the negative comments on physical body of someone is a serious public health concern that raises risk for a number of other negative health consequences, which includes depression, low self-esteem, and sometimes it leads to substance abuse and suicide.
Why we all are so anxious and judgmental about being perfect; in shape and having a fair complexion? We are not supposed to look like celebrities or the ways other think we should. We need to understand the fact that everyone is different, special and beautiful in our own way.