How To Write A Self Reflection Paper

On November sixteenth, I attended a Body Smart presentation. The instructor of the lecture is a certified psychologist that works specifically with people that have eating disorders. I would like to start off by saying that I really enjoyed the presentation he gave. Body Smart is a movement to promote self-worth and positive body image. He really emphasized beauty and explained how society puts out images that are supposed to show you the “perfect body.” I learned a lot from sitting down and listening to his valid points he made and I took into consideration what he was taking about because I have struggled with low self-esteem and confidence for a long time. The beginning of the presentation, the instructor came up and introduced himself and talked a bit about whom he was, then introduced the topic. The Body Smart presentation was titled, “Sex, Intimacy, and Body Image.” It really summed up how all these things coincide with one another, but it provided a lot of insight and detail within the hour and a half talk. He …show more content…
How could we make someone else happy if we struggle to find happiness in ourselves? The answer to that is we cannot. Sexual intimacy is physical and emotional closeness in the presence of sexual intercourse; even though this is not the only tier to intimacy, it is a big one, and two people should be equal when it comes to sexual intimacy. Body image comes into play here and it has four major components which are, perceptual, affective, cognitive, and physical. Humans really struggle with loving themselves because we have so much outside influence from media telling us we are not good enough if we do not act or look a certain way. This is when eating disorders and depression tie into our mind and the reason we have the Body Smart presentations. Our culture has shamed us and this is the world we currently are living