Body Image 6 - BLENDtw-The Voice of College Students

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How I Learned to Live With Body Dysmorphia

When I was a kid, my mom was just one of those people that would constantly comment about the way I looked. She would comment on...

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Body Image5 years ago

How Focusing On Yourself Will Help You Love Your Body

I’ve always had a ‘thigh gap’ which I used to hate. People used to post things saying they wish they had one. It was really confusing...

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Body Image5 years ago

How Social Media Can Negatively Affect Body Image

I think there are two sides of body image and two roles social media plays: a dark side and a good side. In high school, especially,...

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Body Image5 years ago

How I Learned to Embrace My Surgical Scar

I was born 3 months early, so I was a premature baby. I had to have a surgical procedure on my intestines and because of that,...

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Body Image5 years ago

How I Cope with Negative Body Image Thoughts

Body image issues have definitely stopped me from doing a lot of things, like talking to boys or wearing certain clothes. I don’t really care anymore,...

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Body Image5 years ago

How I Overcame My Body Insecurities

When I was younger, up until about 6th grade, I was completely fine with how I perceived myself and how I thought others perceived me. But...

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Body Image5 years ago

How I Built My Confidence As a Plus-Size Girl

Being a plus size girl is acceptable and sometimes even praised in societies. I wish it was like that when I was growing up. I hated...

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Body Image5 years ago

How to Overcome a Negative Body Image

I’ve always hated my feet. I’m a dancer and I have ugly bunions. It’s just something that I wish I could change but I honestly wouldn’t...

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Body Image5 years ago

How Self-Love Helped Me Overcome My Body Insecurities

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You can’t compare yourself to other people’s perspectives on beauty. The body part I’m most insecure about is...