How many times have you woken up and thought something negative about your body?

Maybe more time than you can even count.

How many times have you had a negative thought about someone else’s body? Probably the same answer.
Well, in this session, I’m gonna help u out with some tips to deal with body shaming.
1. the first tip that I have for you is, don’t take things personally.
I know it’s easy to say but I believe that one should not take things personally. When people end up making negative comment about you, are their words really gonna come and stick on
your body? Are they gonna be like tattooed all over your body? Well, definitely not. So why do u take it personally? It’s time to ignore, need no be angry or don’t get really emotional or
upset about such comment. People who are extremely happy in their lives, they would never do ST to bring others down. They would always motivate you or lift you up.They do not have
the negative feelings like jealousy or they’re gonna miss out on ST. They are always gonna be nice to others as well. Negative people are not really leading a happy life; they are the ones who
are gonna give or pass negative comment. So, why take them seriously? Well, it’ time to ignore such people because the people who talk about u. it just shows more about them. So, stop
taking things personally.
2. the second tip that I have for u is, express how you feel.
Well, there’s no point of upsetting yourself, especially when you do not voice out your feelings. There are people around us like our good friends, family members who probably comment on
your body or your food habits. But, in their mind, they think that they are doing this in order to help u out. It’s definitely affecting you emotionally. So u can’t really ignore it.
If they are your good friends and if they are your family member, it’s time to talk about it and make them realize that their comments are not really helping you out. Well instead, it’s
upsetting u. for example, your friend comes and tells u that, hey I think u should really cut down on fast food. Too much of cheese, that’s so much fat. Well look u are gaining a lot of weight
and u don’t look good. So just go ahead and tell that person that, hey I don’t like you commenting on my body or about kind of food that I eat. I really appreciate if u stopped doing that. Ok.
So just be direct, a voice out your feelings and that should really work.
3. so what’s the third thing that you can do?
Well, start appreciating the things that u like about your body. Many of us are going through a lot of body image struggles but there are so many things that are really nice about your body
too. We spend a lot of time watching commercials which show that how to get longer hair or how to have clear skin?
These are the things that u already has. Amazing set of white teeth, beautiful hair or probably an amazing skin. Well, aren’t these things to be appreciated? Of course, there are so many
people, who die to have such things. So why constantly keep complain about our body. Stop doing that and start appreciating the things that u really like about yourself and voice it too.
Because in this way, it just motivates u and help you to come out as a confident and a stronger person. So start liking the things that u have.
4. so here is my last advice for all you out there. Well, u need to break through your body jail. And come and start live a beautiful life.
Well, the reason because you live only once and it’s time for u to celebrate your life.
There are times when u feel that you’re not lovable or good enough for others. Stop fearing such things.
Well, it’s time for you to come out and live the life that u totally deserve. Such negative comments should not really affect you and especially if u follow the tips that I have shared with you
today. It helps you to build inner confidence.
So just love yourself, live happily, eat healthy food and exercise well and that should be all good.
5. body shaming won’t be easy to stop especially because a wide range of body shaming comes from teenagers, and it’s hard to stop, but a couple ideas on how to help people out
- if you see someone body shaming another person on social media, stand up for victim. if you can, make sure the body shamer knows that what they’re doing isn’t ok. Don’t be rude and
don’t spark an argument, but you can say something along the lines of “hey, that’s not cool to say” or “stop. She is beautiful”.
-report!!! If you scared to speak up or use your voice, this can also help. If you see an Instagram account who has been bullying or bringing another person down, Then report the account for
bullying. And that’s the end of my part. Let’s move on to the conclusion with Thu

1. If a teenager is feeling insecure about their body, how can the therapist or counselor make them feel more confident about themselves?
The first thing a therapist does is that they try to have an understanding of the root of the problem, the place from where these thoughts started,
where the loss of confidence happens, and what is the trigger Once the trigger is understood, then it will be easier to have a conversation on how
to go about it. so the most important thing is honesty and empathy, therefore there has to be proper communication between the therapist and
the teenager involved. Every individual is unique, even though we have the same body parts we all look different se there’s individuality, The
therapist will try to help the teenager in identifying their individuality, what makes them unique and the most important part is they will try to
make the person understand what is the realistic image, no matter who body shames or what they talk of, the reality is something completely
different, the basis of reality in that each person is what they are and everyone is beautiful in their own terms: There are a diverse range of body
types and the way colors and each facial feature is. Sa firstly, setting up a realistic image and accepting who we are for yourselves is necessary.
For example, an artistic person or a person who plays piano, their body type is very different from the person who plays volleyball, we cannot
compare them both and say that this is the exact or the perfect body type. Once we understand these, it will be easy for us to accept ourselves
for who we are and we need to understand that as long as we are healthy, other things can be taken care of The foremost thing done has to be
we need to spend time away from social media, the more we google the more we search, the riore we look al the airbrushed images of all
models, the more
There are so many terms like ultrafiltration, airbrush and highlighting even while taking selfies we use filters to make ourselves look brighter
when the light falls Many other-camera tricks like these are used and, in the magazines, it issued even more heavily once they are shown to the
teenagers, they’ll start to get a better idea of what is real and what’s filtered, even though it will take a series of sessions. The next most
important thing is to identify their eating3 pattern, when there is a lack of appetite or when there is over bingeing of food, all these are signs of
depression so this has to be taken into account and the person's eating habits are taken into consideration and it is necessary to be physically
active. The therapist will help the person to understand and take care of their body in a better sense, but they have to be more physical active
when we start being physically active everything else falls in place, we become fitter and when the next time a person body shames us we know
how to report back because we are more confident now. These are some of the things by which a therapist can help a person feel more confident
about their body.
2. Why is It necessary to seek professional help if someone body shaming you is impacting you negatively?
When we feel depressed, anxious, worried all the time, it's eating us up, all these things will definitely want us to have someone who we can
reach out to and who will understand us and help us.
Another reason why professional help is required is when a family member is body shaming us, generally, people will ask us to ignore them and
say that it's okay, they won't see it as a serious issue, though body-shaming is a simple and common problem, it is difficult for other people to
understand it. When we are worried about body shaming and the need for this perfect body, all these will not enter our head, our only goal will
be to look like whatever is there in the magazine or the person who is telling us that we need to lose weight. So, during this time professional
help will definitely help the person.
The most important reason why professional help is the best is that there will be no judgment involved. When we have to talk to a relative or a
family member or even a friend, we wince inwards and wonder what will the person think about us or the person might not understand the
seriousness of the problems. When we go to the professional help of a third person, they won't judge us and they have experience in the field
through which they will be able to help us much better. So it is important to seek professional help. Body-shaming is serious issue that is not
taken into light that much.
3. Is normal as a teenager to feel insecure about your body?
Yes, it is very normal. Teenage is the age where hormones are surging, it is the age to explore, our body is going through so many changes, so at
that time when there are so many changes happening it is very natural to be worried or conscious about our body. This is a normal reaction but
how each person handles it is important. For example, when puberty strikes a boy or a girl goes through so many changes, both physically and
mentally, like height, weight, development of body parts, pubic hair, etc, so when these body changes happen, the feeling of insecurity rises and
we start comparing our body with others, some people might mature faster or some might take time. When these changes happen there will be
some questions like what is happening, will society take me, how are they looking at me, is my body okay, am I correct am or I fitting into the
social standards, etc, and these questions are very common and nothing to fret about. Having these questions and doubts is completely okay, the
problem comes if you don't have these questions. It is normal to ask questions when changes happen. What matters is how you handle the
changes.
4.
MESSAGE TO TEENAGERS We are perfect as we are, we are designed in a particular way, our genes are our in a particular way and we can't
change the way we look. The only thing we can do is eat healthily and exercise, but we should never do something our body is not ready to do,
When we are physically active, your body will automatically change. When someone comes up to you and tells you that "If you lose weight you
will look more beautiful", just smile and say okay, don't take it too hard because that's not healthy, you'll become more anxious and depressed.
Don't stress so much, enjoy your life. All the body shamers can take a step back, but remember if the severity is too much, seek professional help,
they'll definitely hold your hand and help you find a solution to tackle your problems. You are not alone.

I used to be so fat, everyone mocked me. Well they say time has the power to heal anything but the pain I've suffered can't be healed. Following
are some of the incidents that are still burning inside me.
Like any other child I also love to play games but no one wanted me to be part of their game because if a fat girl run then it will create cracks in
the floor. So I always play alone. This may not seem hurting now, but at that small age it really did.
Nick names are always cute and makes one feel special when called with their nicknames, but not in my case. My nicknames are Gundamma
(fatty), elephant, fat pumpkin, fat ghost.
I can't participate in school events, especially in dance programs just because I am fat and also in singing competition because I am fat, which still
doesn't make sense to me. Even if I make some effort to participate sometimes my teachers won't allow me or my classmates won't be willing to
join me with them.