Stop Body Shaming!

Did you ever stop on your old eating habits and think of what might other say on your appearance? Some magazines are offering a diet plan with a promise that within few days you can reach your ideal body size; but that magazine have nothing any idea on what you’ve been experiencing. Be reminded that this is an example of body-shaming, and it is everywhere. Many comedy shows frequently use fat persons to use as their jokes. Everytime we are with are friends it is normal to criticize our own body which is somehow helped for strong bond between our friends. Body-shaming (criticizing yourself or others because of some aspect of physical appearance) can lead to a vicious cycle of judgment and criticism. Sometimes social media can lead the way for others to feel insecure. They thought that if they have the perfect body they can survive Body-shaming.

According to walden eating disorders Body – shaming can manifests in many ways:

1) Criticizing your own appearance, through a judgment or comparison to another person. (i.e.: “I’m so ugly compared to her.” “Look at how broad my shoulders are.”)

2) Criticizing another’s appearance in front of them, (i.e.: “With those thighs, you’re never going to find a date.”)

3) Criticizing another’s appearance without their knowledge. (i.e.: “Did you see what she’s wearing today? Not flattering.” “At least you don’t look like her!”).

Body-shaming is sometimes to be the reason why people especially women, commit suicide due to anxiety and depression they’re experiencing.
We can prevent the anxiety that we felt everytime we experience Body-Shaming:

1. Always keep yourself positive. Don’t care about what people might say. Just love your body and love yourself.

2. Know yourself deeper. If you feel you don’t know your yourself, try to understand the way you think, move and the way you take problems away.

3. Outface those people who commit Body-shaming. Be brave and courageously confront those type of people. Try to make them in your shoe if they aren’t have any flaws in their body.

4. Identify your favorite thing on your body. It is impossible that you don’t have any favorite parts on your body. But if I were you, I will very grateful love every parts of my body.

Take me as an example, I am fat and I’ve been experiencing Body – shaming since then. But everytime people do that I just smiled and confront them if they’re perfect to commit Body-shaming

LOVE YOURSELF EVERYONE!