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I don't understand the world. I don't understand other people. I really don't! Even at my very worst moment of low self eteem, I would have gotten no worse than 20% of the things on that list. How on earth can any human being check off most of them? How can somebody feel that badly about who they are? It makes me want to go find a fashion magazine writer and BEAT him over the head. Gah.
I don't understand the world. I don't understand other people. I really don't! Even at my very worst moment of low self eteem, I would have gotten no worse than 20% of the things on that list. How on earth can any human being check off most of them? How can somebody feel that badly about who they are? It makes me want to go find a fashion magazine writer and BEAT him over the head. Gah.
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Date: 2006-07-02 09:49 pm (UTC)Your negative body image is borderline serious. It could turn into an eating disorder or psychological problem.
Perhaps you're just having a bad day. But maybe you need to think about getting help for your problem.
ive never been happy with how i look and i cant really help feeling that way. its always been a touchy subject with me and oddly enough it has nothing to do with fasion/beauty magazines or the media portrayal of beauty.
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Date: 2006-07-02 09:53 pm (UTC)Your negative body image is borderline serious. It could turn into an eating disorder or psychological problem.
Perhaps you're just having a bad day. But maybe you need to think about getting help for your problem.
better than reality for sure.
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Date: 2006-07-02 09:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-02 10:02 pm (UTC)Then...you'll see.
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Date: 2006-07-02 10:58 pm (UTC)now im so much happier with who i am. i volunteer my time to help those in need, i give if i have something to give, and i just try to live my life right without regret. :)
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Date: 2006-07-03 12:10 am (UTC)My childhood wasn't kind to me. Kids can be absolutely horrible wretches. I like who I am as far as my personality, abilities and interests are- however, I definitely have little respect for my body. I like my hands, feet and my eyes. Otherwise, I loathe the way I look. And I can't get over it. No matter how many times people tell me to get over it, or how many people tell me I'm pretty/cute.
However, looking at that quiz, it looks like it's geared a lot towards anorexic folk or those that over-excercise. Like those thin people who still obsess over their weight anyway. I don't understand that. If I just dropped 20 pounds I'd feel elated. But most diets don't work for me because I have the Fat Bastard Syndrome. I eat because I'm unhappy, I'm unhappy because I eat.
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Date: 2006-07-03 12:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-03 01:25 am (UTC)Over the past five years since I graduated I have had dramatically increased self-esteem than ever before in my life. And even during school years I still knew I was a good person even though I was ashamed of my body.
Anyway, I want to lose weight now for my own reasons of feeling better when I'm active and because it'll make me healthier.
Jared's been the major factor in making me realize that I am beautiful no matter what. ^^;
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Date: 2006-07-03 02:39 am (UTC)You have a great body image. You know that no one looks perfect, and you're happy the way you are.
Also, you don't judge other people on their looks... and it helps them feel better about their own bodies!
life's too short to worry about a body that's only in its preliminary, temporary state.
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Date: 2006-07-03 02:42 am (UTC)Part 1
Date: 2006-07-03 03:08 am (UTC)"What you weigh strongly effects how you feel about yourself."
Gee, gotta thank society for setting that high standard where weight is so crucial. Seriously, do people go around looking at others and going, nope can't talk to them they are 5 pounds too heavy. What the heck does it matter? People can't tell what you weigh by looking at them? It is self-consious BS instigated by a society that places too much importance on an unrealistic ideal image/weight.
"You hate shopping for clothes. Your body looks bad in everything."
Could be because they make clothes in certain standard sizes now and everyone does not fit said standard. I know I don't and it takes me forever to find something that fits properly because of my body shape. Which means I don't find clothes shopping the funnest endeavor.
"There are more things on your body that you dislike than like."
Much easier to see the flaws in a gem then the brillence. We've been trained by society to pay more attention to what is lacking versus what beauties lay before us. How else do you think we got a gem/diamond grading system? Otherwise they would all still be considered pretties and sparklies.
"It takes you forever to decide what to wear in the morning."
Could be because I'm only half-awake? -Not a morning person if you could tell.
"You're sure you're going to get plastic surgery - it's just a matter of getting the funds."
I'm not sure how to respond to this one...Does getting braces to fix your teeth count? After all it is an adjustment done to make you look better?
"You don't think celebrities have unrealistic bodies."
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! I cracked up on this one. Seriously, if you think about it they don't have unrealistic bodies because they do exist and do have them. But as far as the true ideal I think they are unrealistic and setting a standard most of us can't or won't match. I'm a chocoholic in case you can't tell and I refuse to give it up just to look like a thin supermodel. I don't need to as I don't have that job or want it. That and I want to eat more then salad for the rest of my life.
"You know you would be happier if you just lost another 10 or 20 pounds."
Who wouldn't? It is such a society standard these days to lose more weight and be thinner. Though...even if I did manage to lost some I'd probably still want to lose more. Ah, that ever changing unattainable weight goal.
"You see flaws on your face or body that other people don't see."
How would you know what other people see as flaws in you? Would you even agree on the same thing being considered as a flaw? Would you follow the same standards?
"People have told you that you may have an eating disorder."
Old news. I hear this occasionly when I get sick or when I just happen to skip a meal. I don't have a disorder I just get busy and forgetful. I imagine it happens to everyone at some point in time.
"When you look in the mirror, you almost never like what you see."
Yeah, in the morning I look like the walking dead. There is a reason for make-up being invented and used people.
"You know you can be thin, with enough will power."
Yeah, maybe with the destruction of sugar and the like. But ohhhh the temptation! Thats the answer we just have to stop making and selling sweets! Do I need to stock up now?
"You're on a new diet every couple weeks."
I'd say this one is true for just about everyone. Who eats the exact same thing every week? We eat a variety of different things. Don't get me wrong I know what they mean but to me it is just rediculous. Most people at least stick out a diet longer then that or just go off of it. Not straight on another diet constantly.
"You think that your friends are more attractive than you."
Come on, who hasn't felt that way some time or another? Especially when you are ill, tired, or covered in some kind of muck.
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Date: 2006-07-03 03:09 am (UTC)"Eating food usually makes you feel fat."
Yeah, but that chocolate tastes sooooooooo goooooooooooood! Makes you feel good too!
"You skip meals to stay thin."
Or maybe because you can just be forgetful.
"You avoid locker rooms because you are embarrassed of your body."
Or maybe just because locker rooms are probably the most disgusting places to be. How often do they clean those things for goodness sake? Ever heard of shower shoes?
"You hate having your picture taken."
Because the camera always adds 20 pounds somewhere. Heck, it has become a cliche. That and I like being able to see! Hate that dang flash.
"You exercise past the point of exhaustion to stay thin."
No offense...but is it really considered a good workout if you are not tired by the end of it?
"You feel guilty if you are full after a meal."
Yeah, I couldn't find any room for seconds. Isn't that the best way to compliment a good cook?
"It would take a lot to get you into a swimsuit."
What? Get me into the most unflattering outfit known to man? You must be joking.
"You are embarrassed to let anyone know what you weigh, including your doctor."
Again, a society standard. But really, does it matter if they know or not? What are they gonna do? Run around screaming what your weight is for the world to know? What will happen then? Will people really care?
"You are uncomfortable eating in front of other people."
Do I have something in my teeth? (I also had braces for a while and eating can be difficult initially.)
"You sometimes stay home, because you don't think you look good enough to go out."
You would too after a long grueling day at work.
Overall I think this thing is poorly put together and worded. Making it easy to take out of context and to extremes beacuse some of these had to have happened to everyone at some point. I'm not saying that people's ideal image does not need to be considered an important issue but I'm thinking that we need to take the issue out of society's "know-it-all" hands and put it back in our own. That and shoot whoever came up with this stupid quiz. Either way we would not get any more of these stupid quizzes. And that would be a good thing I think.
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Date: 2006-07-03 03:14 am (UTC)Wow, looks like I ranted....
Date: 2006-07-03 03:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-03 02:01 pm (UTC)Why is this quiz a bad quiz? Why is the overwhelming sentiment against it? I'm sorry, keplilly, I very much disagree with your posts.
While any one of these things could be justified, the grand collection of them suggests a cognitive disorder. Each of these things are individually justifiable and yet they are ways that people with a very unhealthy body image convince themselves that they are objective or are symptoms of such a body image. Instead of realizing that there's a problem with perception of self, someone turns the thinking on itself and considers the problem to be with the self. That kind of reasoning manifests itself in certain behavioral traits, a number of which are listed here.
It reminds me a lot of depression. While it's OK to feel sad, to be tired, to not have an appetite, to be guilty or to want to avoid work, summing all of these symptoms together is a very good indicator of depression. In the same way, the symptoms posted in this quiz sum together to form a pretty decent indicator of body image.
This quiz is not designed to tell you if you're unhealthy (in the physical sense) nor to tell you if you're unattractive, nor to evaluate your self esteem in the overall sense. It is written as a quiz about whether you experience any of the mental and behavioral symptoms most often associated with a distorted internalized image of one's body.
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Date: 2006-07-03 02:33 pm (UTC)But you are welcome to disagree with me. There is nothing wrong with that. I believe that everyone should have their own views and opinions. And as I said I probably shouldn't have been doing it in the middle of the night...everything just seems more rediculous in the middle of the night I think. I do agree with you on what you are saying about depression and how this quiz can be seen in the same light. But my question is who is this to be telling us how our body image is?
But let me digress. I'm probably taking this too seriously and it isn't meant that way. I just feel strongly about how society sets these ideal standards and people will make themselves sick trying to meet them. So, my apologies if I offended you.
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Date: 2006-07-03 03:15 pm (UTC)The quiz isn't someone telling you that you have a poor body image, it's there so you can tell yourself that as objectively as possible (given that this whole thing isn't very objective to start with.) No one is going to judge you based on your answers to these questions if you choose not to post them.
While I appreciate that much should be done about beauty in the mass media, taking that rage out against this quiz seems misplaced.
Yay! A debate!
Date: 2006-07-03 03:41 pm (UTC)Ok, I agree with you in how "the overall quiz can be reflective of the cognitive distortion that is an unhealthy body image." That is when taken as vague points. I just particularly think this quiz could be worded much better. I don't particularly like their use of the word healthy versus unhealthy. It sets a standard that people have to meet and not everyone is the same. I also don't like the fact that in making this quiz it can almost seem as if someone is telling us how healthy/unhealthy we are. I just don't like the society standards.
You say that "The quiz isn't someone telling you that you have a poor body image, it's there so you can tell yourself that as objectively as possible (given that this whole thing isn't very objective to start with.) No one is going to judge you based on your answers to these questions if you choose not to post them."
My question is what does taking this quiz and posting it tell others about you or you about yourself? It is pretty ambiguous and difficult to tell what it really means in regards to anothers answer without any background. I'm not saying everyone needs to post their answers to the quiz but I'm wondering at the validity of the quiz answers.
As for my rage against the quiz? I didn't see that. I was trying to take a light-hearted look and laugh at it. Guess I really don't need to be doing these things in the middle of the night.
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Date: 2006-07-03 09:48 pm (UTC)I remember once hearing a commencement speech entitled "Wear Sunblock" that wisely stated "Don't read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly."
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Date: 2006-07-03 10:46 pm (UTC)