Until recently, Snow White syndrome was not fully accepted by the psychological field, today, as we are in a society where image and youth are overestimated as a means of personal and professional success, this type of image distortion has appeared most often.
We all know a case. People who, once they reach middle age, consider that they are entering a process of decomposition, feel uncomfortable with the image reflected in the mirror, associating the years they have lived with a veil of absolute negativity. More than a syndrome, we would. We are talking about a process of predepress that must be taken into account in the clinical and social sphere.
- This idea was invented by psychologist Betsy Cohen.
- Who wrote a book naming and explaining Snow White Syndrome.
- Let us remember that.
- In this story.
- The evil mother-in-law is jealous of the girl’s youth and beauty.
- Who then tries poison with an apple.
Youth is an apple bitten by envy: hopes for it, opportunities to enjoy it, and adventures to undertake, but does this mean that after forty or fifty years, the horizon reaches sunset and all these opportunities are lost?Men and women with Snow White syndrome believe this and also develop a certain contempt for young people, who they see as competitors, as enemies who undermine their self-esteem.
It would therefore be a disease in which patients become unsure of their image when they reach an age they consider a physical and personal decline, fear old age and the years that remain to live, are afraid to face them in solitude and especially regret lost or wasted years.
Until recently, this psychological condition was only associated with the female sex, but day by day we see that it can be applied very well to both sexes, personalities who overestimate beauty in response to every action or behavior.
This fear of “wrinkles” sometimes leads them to want to undergo expensive cosmetic surgeries to have an image that makes them look young, or even to look for younger couples to meet this need.
Two types of behavior can appear, from the purest challenge or contempt for every person younger than him, whom he sees as a competitor, to the one who needs to socialize with younger generations.
Beneath this distorted conception of the self, emotional immaturity is above all else, we must clarify that there is no age that classifies us as old, we create age in our minds based on our emotional skills, having a birthday is nothing more than learning experiences and integrating knowledge, with the aim of living a full life, for this we can choose between growing with an open mind or , on the contrary, assume our negativity and immaturity.
We are not only a physical ensemble endowed with beauty at some point in our lives, falling into this belief is what causes people with Snow White syndrome to lose the gift, not take advantage of the present, not assume or accept the image of themselves with optimism, fullness and integrity, it only brings suffering. Life is an attractive apple to bite passionately at any age and at all times. The poison is in our minds and insecurities.