What happens when someone else's physical appearance is ridiculed?

What happens when someone else's physical appearance is ridiculed?

Making wrong comments about a person's height, thickness, beauty, age or anything else is called 'body shaming'. Such comments can also be about a person's age, hair, clothes and attractiveness.

Such a comment is going to humiliate the person concerned. Psychologist and other emotional impact doctor and psychologist Dr. Trishna Bista says. It is wrong to form an opinion about a person by looking at his appearance. Doing this unknowingly hurts the hearts of others and also lowers morale,' she says, 'Moreover, most women have faced the problem of body shaming in one way or another.'

Some people take body shaming for granted. They accept their natural body, color or texture. They are not affected by critical comments. But in some cases, due to comments made by others, people start to feel dissatisfied with their body. Bista says that it can cause many mental problems as well as lack of confidence in people.

Being a victim of constant body shaming, inferiority complex lives in people's minds. "Such people may suffer from depression, anxiety, stress and depression," she says.

Every person's body structure, face structure and color are different. Therefore, if any woman or man is teased in the society or at the workplace because of their body shape, color or external parts of the body, it directly affects the mental health of the person, says Bista.

The concerned person also starts to withdraw from the society. "Continuous negative comments can make a person anxious to the point that they prefer to be alone and not join social activities," she says.

The emotional impact of body shaming begins to affect the body as well. Bishta says, "If a person is trolled for obesity, then he starts giving up food to lose weight. As a result, his body starts to weaken.

Social impact of body shaming

Body shaming does not only affect the person concerned, it also negatively affects the person doing the shaming. Clinical psychologist Dr. who develops aggressive tendencies and the tendency to be happy in the suffering of others. Bista says.

People's looks, clothes, lifestyle and eating habits are different. Therefore, it should be promoted that body shaming should not be done," she says. "If the future generation is not made aware of body shaming, comments will continue to be made based on physical differences and instead of positive interaction or teamwork, conflicts and differences will increase."

Promotes artificial beauty measures

Concerned about body shaming, people are ready to do anything to improve their physical appearance. Bista says that the benefits of which are being taken by cosmetic products and those who claim to lose weight in 15 days. Butox, hair transplantation, cosmetic surgery are the effects of this.

Bista says that it is very good to keep yourself healthy but it is not good to change your natural color and texture because of what others say.

How to discourage such a trend?

First of all, parents should teach their children at home not to make fun of someone's physical deficiency or difference. Bista says that the present youth generation is also aware that every person should accept their natural makeup.

Instead of worrying about your body shape, color or texture, learn to accept it. Bista says that if you accept this, you will not be affected by anyone's critical comments. "Because of that, people who make negative comments are discouraged, they feel that I have done something wrong," she says.