You will always be irresistible, because being beautiful does not depend on age, it depends on you and how we deal with our feelings, in fact, we have a bad habit of judging the value of ourselves and others based on beauty.
Body image is a psychological construct, that is, a set of perceptions that constitute the vision and representation of our body, it is not exactly how we see it, there are also feelings about how we look when we look at each other and how much we see each other. we value the essence of our body.
- We are much more than a receiver and idealizations based on the expectations of what we think is beautiful.
- These expectations are in line with the norms and learning of what are usually imposed on us by social networks and the people around us.
There is often the idea that body image is related to the so-called ‘aura effect’. According to this effect, we attribute beautiful positive personality qualities to people we find positive.
This type of mental shortcut functions as a psychological spell, because we dare to generalize that the person we think is beautiful will be much friendlier, more honorable and decent than the person who looks different.
Perhaps this point invites us even more to pursue the ideal of beauty that we have built ourselves, in this way, the further away we move away from this ideal, for example as we age, the more negative people we attribute ourselves. sense, since society tells us that wrinkles are not pretty, how can we believe that aging is a positive thing?
Mature beauty has nothing to do with the beauty of youth, as both are beautiful and beautiful whatever the period of life that goes through it.
Since body image formation is a process of continuous change, we must be careful that negative expectations about aging do not negatively harm or alter our acceptance of our bodies.
What we perceive, imagine, feel, and act in our bodies determines how we behave and think of ourselves and others. If we have a negative body image:
On the contrary, when we have a positive body image, we will share the following characteristics:
If we consider our body image to be negative, we can do certain things to change this situation. Always remember that negative body image is not who we really are, but what we feel for our body.
To change negativity, we can talk to someone we trust about how we feel about our body or ask for professional help, like a therapist.
We must remember that the world shows us very limited definitions of beauty and that health and appearance are two very different things, so it is essential to treat our body and mind well, because only then will we be able to love each other.