Our body makes us who we are . Everyone is unique due to the physical traits that make make us. We all have a view of what beauty is, but if we change ourselves we lose what makes us unique. Media, social media and peer pressure influence the way teens see themselves. How girls see themselves becomes distorted and leads to dangerous behaviors such as body image issues, eating disorders, drugs, cutting, etc. Also, there are many ways teens develop eating disorders. It can be through media by seeing those beautiful, tall, skinny models or by your friends who pressure you to lose a couple pounds ,so you look better in those jeans. The jeans are trying to make you look good, you aren’t trying to make the jeans look good. By establishing unattainable
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What may seem like harmless posts on the internet and jokes made by your family about your weight, can actually lead to some dangerous things like plastic surgery,eating disorders, eating disorders and cutting. Attitudes towards your body have been overlooked for so long. This can lead to self harm. According to Cornell University Research, “ One potential explanation for the observed link between emotion dysregulation and self-injury may be the way an adolescent experiences the body. Body image is defined as a multidimensional set of thoughts and feelings related to the physical experience, appraisal of, and satisfaction with one’s body .” Negative thoughts about your life can lead to cutting which is horrible. So many girls lose their lives due to cutting and self harm. The second way body image disorder affects girls in a negative way is through plastic surgery. According to Our Bodies Ourselves organization, “ In 2015 more than 226,000 cosmetic surgeries were performed on patients between 13 and 19, including nearly 65,000 surgical procedures such as nose reshaping,...” So many teens experience pain when they look at their body and faces due to internal and external problems. It’s so sad to see girls putting themselves in pain to look “beautiful”. Some procedures even take precious lives of these young girls. Lastly, one of the most prominent and biggest problems of body image disorder is eating disorders. Eating disorders affect girl’s body, their mind and their social life drastically in a negative way. Eating disorder websites are disgusting and making girls feel like this abnormal disorder is good and will make them feel amazing. It’s actually doing the opposite and killing millions of girls. According to National Eating Disorders, “ people with negative body image have a greater likelihood of developing an eating disorder…” We all have days where
What may seem like harmless posts on the internet and jokes made by your family about your weight, can actually lead to some dangerous things like plastic surgery,eating disorders, eating disorders and cutting. Attitudes towards your body have been overlooked for so long. This can lead to self harm. According to Cornell University Research, “ One potential explanation for the observed link between emotion dysregulation and self-injury may be the way an adolescent experiences the body. Body image is defined as a multidimensional set of thoughts and feelings related to the physical experience, appraisal of, and satisfaction with one’s body .” Negative thoughts about your life can lead to cutting which is horrible. So many girls lose their lives due to cutting and self harm. The second way body image disorder affects girls in a negative way is through plastic surgery. According to Our Bodies Ourselves organization, “ In 2015 more than 226,000 cosmetic surgeries were performed on patients between 13 and 19, including nearly 65,000 surgical procedures such as nose reshaping,...” So many teens experience pain when they look at their body and faces due to internal and external problems. It’s so sad to see girls putting themselves in pain to look “beautiful”. Some procedures even take precious lives of these young girls. Lastly, one of the most prominent and biggest problems of body image disorder is eating disorders. Eating disorders affect girl’s body, their mind and their social life drastically in a negative way. Eating disorder websites are disgusting and making girls feel like this abnormal disorder is good and will make them feel amazing. It’s actually doing the opposite and killing millions of girls. According to National Eating Disorders, “ people with negative body image have a greater likelihood of developing an eating disorder…” We all have days where