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Body Image Issues Part 2

Many of us focus on a part of our body that bothers us. We try to fix it or conceal it. Sometimes we believe that this body part makes us deformed. People may spend a lot of time worrying about this part of their body because it could make them feel like they are not as good as other people.

Teenage girls are often the most vulnerable because of peer group issues, wanting to be liked by their peers and by boys. But they are not the only ones. This problem plagues men and women alike.

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Body Image Issues Part 1

In our world today, the focus seems to be around what you look like. People criticize everything from weight to hair color to freckles to the lines on your face. The media doesn’t help. They use super thin models for magazines and television and then airbrush or edit them to create their idea of perfection.

You may have only a minor flaw that is barely noticeable to another person, but to you it is the center of your attention at all times:

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MANY STUDENTS SHOW SIGNS OF ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION IN JUNE

Students are coming back home from college now. Many have been happy with how their semester went. Many aren’t:

• Some may be perfectionists; having unrelenting standards; not recognizing achievements.
• Some are trying to live up to their parent’s high expectations.
• Such anxiety & depression can lead to a vicious cycle of academic neglect, drug & alcohol abuse, parental & social conflict, and sometimes worse.

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