Content Creator: Agnas Ann Content Editor: Ayisha Farah Blog Designer: Halima Asif “One should not love how they look to feel good about yourself, acknowledge the true shell, not the outer one….”
“Do you want to stay healthy, then eat healthy”, “reduce the intake of carbs”. ‘Go on a strict diet till you have ideal shape’. These are a handful of things we hear every day. ‘I only prefer food with little carbs. What does it mean?’ When we say that we don’t care about how we look, we like our body in what shape it is, and we accept how it is, do we really accept it? Nope, we all feel insecure about our bodies at some point in our lives. We are restricted from wearing clothes of our desire to eating what makes us happy in our society. Why do we feel insecure? Like thinking before dressing, lying to oneself that it makes us look bad. Criticisms are not only faced out in our society but also our own safe haven-our home. Rather than teaching us to accept our body, we are taught to look at our body depending on what people view us to be. What is the definition of being pretty or handsome or having the perfect body? The few things we say to others can affect them. Words may not leave a fast blown impact on everyone, but it creates insecurities within oneself. These insecurities make them feel that their body shape is not perfect. What is body neutrality? Is there any difference between body positivity and body neutrality? Body positivity means acceptance of the body as it is, and it teaches to love oneself as they are but neglecting the feelings of people who are not aligned to their body. Body positivity is hard to achieve, but body neutrality is rather a step before body positivity On the other hand, body neutrality destroyed the concept of body in term of the body itself. A body-neutral mindset encourages people to accept their physical characteristics by removing the importance attached to them altogether. It enables us to look beyond the outer shell, not engage our time, and obsess over our bodies. body neutrality is an alternative to those who can’t accept body positivity Being body-neutral, we not only unhitch from the need to be beautiful, ultimately achieving the greater goal of attaching the same value to everybody. The neutrality concept implants how we feel about our appearances and extends a larger approach to our body- not only the way we look but really who we are and what we can achieve through this body. A study was conducted regarding body positivity, and the results showed that it only worked for people with already high self-esteem who believed those statements to be accurate, thus concluding, “Repeating positive self-statements may benefit certain people but backfire for the very people who ‘need’ them the most. “ We all compare ourselves with others; this is common. But is it always possible to feel optimistic about all kinds of relationships, mainly the one with our body? Problems will arise as we near to positivity, and negative ones will seek up its ways. We should show a positive attitude and accept its true use. Like one feels bad about how their hands are flabby. Whereas a person who uses body positivity loves their arm but should we actually do it, we should appreciate the various activities done by our arm. That’s where body neutrality approaches. Ways to accept the neutrality:
Body neutrality plays a critical role in eating disorder treatment, and the one we adopted leads to the relation between the bodies. There is a line between hating the body to loving the body, and that is neutrality. Acknowledge, Breathe and change the thought….
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ANAM HASSAN
6/24/2021 12:51:45 am
Such an eye opener article!!! I must say that bringing out these crucial topics in such a beautiful way is simply amazing!! Wonderful work
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Annn
6/24/2021 02:51:35 am
The relevance of the topic has made it have my first impression. Well done for building on the topic by giving all the precautions and remedies to overcome it.
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Jessy Johnson
6/24/2021 03:43:51 am
Well Said Agnus. Keep continue and share your thoughts.
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Lini
6/24/2021 11:02:24 am
The topic you have chosen is awesome..!! It is also one of the most crucial and common found Incidents in this generation...keep up....all the best
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Faisal
6/27/2021 12:00:36 am
Great work. Keep it up
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Shiny Williams
6/29/2021 09:22:04 am
Great molay
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BijiThomas
6/29/2021 11:02:49 am
Well done muthe
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aiman
2/12/2022 02:41:19 am
wow just amazing
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